Tagged: gvsu

The death of osama bin laden
1:48 pm
Mon May 2, 2011

GVSU expert: bin Laden death ‘symbolic victory’

Credit Lindsey Smith / Michigan Radio
Jonathan White speaks to reporters during a press conference at Grand Valley State University.

Counter-terrorism expert Jonathan White heads GVSU’s Homeland Defense Initiative. White consults for local, state and federal groups involved in counter-terrorism efforts.

White says bin Laden’s death will inspire those planning terrorist attacks, but he says they’d still be planning those attacks if bin Laden was alive.

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Energy
12:50 pm
Mon December 6, 2010

Testing the offshore winds in Lake Michigan

Middelgrunden wind farm
Credit Ilmari Karonen
You have to go into European waters to find offshore wind farms today. The Middelgrunden wind farm near Copenhagen Denmark.

There are no offshore wind farms in the Great Lakes... yet.

The Muskegon Chronicle reports that "the first floating buoy to test offshore wind energy in Lake Michigan is planned for six miles off the Muskegon shoreline next spring."

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