Reopening Palisades power plant shores up Michigan’s electricity security
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CFACT
November 22nd, 2024
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BY DARRIN FIFE:
Nuclear power as a means of energy production has in recent decades become a taboo topic in the minds of many Americans. Despite having developed into the world’s cleanest method of generating electricity, western nations continue to abandon and decommission nuclear power plants in favor of less reliable and more expensive “green energy.”
To combat this unscientific and economically illiterate move, CFACT campus representative Darren Fife attending Grand Valley State University in Allendale, Michigan, recently penned a superb op-ed for a local newspaper. Advocating for recently announced plans to recommission the Palisades Power Plant near South Haven, Michigan, Darren hopes his article will shore up community support for the project. His piece is available to read in full below:
Palisades Nuclear Power Plant is a nuclear power station 5 miles south of South Haven on the shores of Lake Michigan. It was removed from service on May 20, 2022 after safely and reliably generating 800 megawatts of power, enough to power 600,000 homes, for 50 years after beginning commercial operation in 1971. This occurred 5 years following its initial announcement in 2017, when Consumers Energy’s 15 year contract to buy the produced energy ended. While in operation, Palisades provided 600 high quality jobs and reliable energy to western Michigan.
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