Viewing Grant Proposal: Traverse City Solar and Battery Energy Storage at Wastewater Treatment Plant

I support the application of Traverse City and Jacobs for the development of a pilot project for a solar array with an integrated battery storage system to be located at the city’s wastewater treatment plant (WWTP). With limited solar developments in urban locations in our region, this project may help model the opportunity for economically beneficial solar with integrated battery storage in a northern climate with regular lake-effect snow. This in turn may support further deployment of roof-top solar with batteries in our community.

I support this project. The stated goal of the EIED grant program is to develop low carbon energy infrastructure, and the MI Healthy Climate Plan calls for Michigan to reach carbon neutrality by 2050, with a prioritization on actions that will provide the most rapid gains in GHG reductions. Additionally, many local governments here in Michigan have set even more ambitious goals that will help move our state to carbon neutrality in an equitable manner. But achieving these goals can be difficult for these local governments and other similar entities as they do not have the financial resources that are available to larger entities, such as large corporations that report profits in the hundreds of millions of dollars annually. Therefore, funds from this grant should go towards projects like this one. Through this project, Traverse City will be able to reduce their carbon emissions through solar and battery storage. This is something greatly needed, especially given the recent ice storm and power outages, and will also help others as a case study for what they can do to improve their own operations. This is perfectly in line with the stated goal of the EIED grant program, and thus should strongly be considered for funding.

I am strongly in support of this proposal. Both state and local governments have set ambitious goals for carbon neutrality, but achieving these goals can be difficult for many local governments due to a lack of financial resources – whereas large corporations that report profits of hundreds of millions of dollars should already have the funding for this work. Therefore, I strongly believe that funds from this grant program, the goal of which is to develop low carbon energy infrastructure, should go towards projects like this one. Funding this project would provide financial support to Traverse City in achieving their own plans for low carbon infrastructure. This will lead to deeper and more equitable emissions reductions than will many of the other proposals up for comment.

Investing in actual renewables (not fossil gas) is to the benefit of all of Michigan, both environmentally and financially. I support this project.

I support this project. The stated goal of the EIED grant program is to develop low carbon energy infrastructure, and the MI Healthy Climate Plan calls for Michigan to reach carbon neutrality by 2050, with a prioritization on actions that will provide the most rapid gains in GHG reductions. Additionally, many local governments here in Michigan have set even more ambitious goals that will help move our state to carbon neutrality in an equitable manner. But achieving these goals can be difficult for these local governments and other similar entities as they do not have the financial resources that are available to larger entities, such as large corporations that report profits in the hundreds of millions of dollars annually. Therefore, funds from this grant should go towards projects like this one. Through this project, Traverse City will be able to significantly reduce their carbon emissions by installing renewable energy. This is perfectly in line with the stated goal of the EIED grant program, and thus should strongly be considered for funding.

I am in strong support of this project. Many local governments have ambitious GHG reduction goals that are focused on equity, but it can be difficult for many of them to achieve their GHG reduction goals since they do not have the same financial resources as large corporations. However, with EIED grant program funding, Traverse City would be able to implement this project and greatly reduce their carbon emissions by installing renewable energy. This aligns with the stated goal of the EIED grant program to develop low-carbon infrastructure. Therefore, this project should be strongly considered for funding.

I strongly support this proposal. Increasing renewable energy production and battery storage are necessary steps to achieving greenhouse gas reductions and community resilience. This project is directly inline with the goals of the EIED Grant program and the State's MI Healthy Climate Plan. It should be strongly considered for funding.