Ottawa County is in the bullseye of the Net Zero agenda, as manifested by Consumers Energy’s plan to close Campbell, Key Capture Energy’s planned battery plant, and area farmers being approached to sell their properties for conversion into solar panel fields. There are many long-term local costs related to large-scale battery and solar panel sites […]
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Key Capture Energy Fails to Make Its Case in Tonight’s Blendon Township PresentationKey Capture Energy Fails to Make Its Case in Tonight’s Blendon Township Presentation
Key Capture representative explains their project to a concerned and skeptical public. As noted previously, Key Capture Energy is trying to make the case for Blendon Township to allow a battery plant as part of the Net Zero agenda. The representative admitted it would only store electricity for around four hours for homes in the […]
Coal is Key to Competing with China and India / Net Zero Agenda Hamstrings USACoal is Key to Competing with China and India / Net Zero Agenda Hamstrings USA
Steel is central to a vibrant national industrial base, and coal is essential to that steel manufacturing. As the DOE notes: “coal is essential to steel manufacturing and steel is an essential part of all energy systems in the US. Without coal used in steel-making there would be no power plants, electric transmission towers, pipelines, […]
Campbell Can Be a Goldmine for Ottawa County in a Time of Growing Electric Demand and Insufficient Generating CapacityCampbell Can Be a Goldmine for Ottawa County in a Time of Growing Electric Demand and Insufficient Generating Capacity
Electric demand is growing: https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=65264 Generating capacity is insufficient to meet demand, especially for AI data centers: https://www.zerohedge.com/commodities/no-spare-capacity-watchdog-warns-largest-us-grid-maxed-out-amid-data-center-buildout . Ottawa County electric cooperatives could buy the Campbell from Consumers Energy (who wants to demolish it, due to their Net Zero agenda), and use a portion of its electric generating capacity for an AI data center, […]
Jamestown Township Board Approves the New “Save The Campbell” Resolutions In Defense Of Township Residents and As Part Of Good Due Diligence!Jamestown Township Board Approves the New “Save The Campbell” Resolutions In Defense Of Township Residents and As Part Of Good Due Diligence!
Last night Jamestown Township became the first township in Ottawa County to pass the new round of “Save The Campbell” resolutions, just like they had been the first township board to pass the first round of resolutions. The two resolutions conclude as follows: Resolution #1: NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the ______ Township Board […]
Speech Before the Jamestown Township Board on 07/21/2025 Speaking in Favor of the New “Save The Campbell” ResolutionsSpeech Before the Jamestown Township Board on 07/21/2025 Speaking in Favor of the New “Save The Campbell” Resolutions
Joseph Parnell McCarter, Georgetown Township, volunteer leader of SaveTheCampbell effort. It was the Jamestown Township Board that led in the first round of Campbell resolutions, which was critical in many other township boards passing it, ultimately the County Board, then many state legislators, and finally the Trump Administration. I want to express my deep thanks […]
Alert! South Korean-based conglomerate establishing battery site in Blendon Township for electric generation from solar and wind. Many questions to ask about plans for area farmlands being converted into solar and wind turbine fields, at the very time the Campbell plant is in process of closure by Consumers Energy.Alert! South Korean-based conglomerate establishing battery site in Blendon Township for electric generation from solar and wind. Many questions to ask about plans for area farmlands being converted into solar and wind turbine fields, at the very time the Campbell plant is in process of closure by Consumers Energy.
As noted at https://www.blendontownship-mi.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Energy-Storage-Project-Open-House.pdf , “Key Capture Energy (KCE) is proposing the development of the KCE MI 4 Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) Project (Project), also known as KCE MI 4… The Project seeks to be developed within approximately 14 acres of land at 8284 88th Avenue in Blendon Township, Michigan.” “Key Capture Energy (KCE) […]