Alternative energy jobs coming to Michigan
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Updated: 10:53 PM Aug 26, 2009
Alternative energy jobs coming to Michigan
A Texas power company is looking to purchase a closed Ford plant in Michigan to create a renewable energy park, creating 2.800 jobs.
Posted: 9:59 PM Aug 26, 2009
Reporter: Associated Press
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Two alternative energy companies plan to buy a closed Ford Motor Co. factory in southeast Michigan and convert it into the country's largest renewable energy park.

The $725 million project at the sprawling Wixom Assembly Plant northwest of Detroit could employ at least 2,800 people within five years. Production would start in late 2011.

Xtreme Power of Kyle, Texas, and Clairvoyant Energy of Santa Barbara, Calif., told state lawmakers today they will buy the plant if state tax incentives and federal loans are approved. Legislators quickly began passing the tax breaks.

The companies plan to lease extra space they don't use to suppliers and other energy companies.

Michigan, with the highest unemployment rate in the nation, hopes to become a major player in the green economy
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