Windmills Tall as Skyscrapers Proposed for Rural Michigan County

A corporation called Apex Clean Energy has proposed building as many as 60 wind turbines in Shiawassee County — some up to 600 feet tall. That is about 20 percent higher than the tallest wind turbines currently in Michigan, which are 494 feet tall. It’s also just about the same height as The Guardian building, which is listed at 495 feet tall, in downtown Detroit.

The expansion of wind farms into many Michigan communities is being driven by a mandate in the state’s utility regulation law.