LANSING – What was billed in 2009 as the largest renewable energy corporate complex in the United States – on the site of the former Ford Wixom Assembly Plant – is still waiting for a transformation and the Michigan Economic Development Corporation is also waiting.
The Detroit Free Press this week chronicled how Xtreme Power and Clairvoyant Energy, which were relying on grants from the U.S. Department of Energy on top of the state and local tax credits they were already approved for, broke off talks after 18 grueling months of negotiations with the federal government.
The MEDC is “going to be supportive in efforts to reuse that facility,” spokesperson Mike Shore said Thursday, but that is the extent to which the state is involved at this point.
Ford is now looking to market the site to industrial companies across the globe, although Xtreme and Clairvoyant could still eventually take up a smaller piece of the complex. The automaker is talking with local officials to get a renaissance zone designation for the site, along with some brownfield tax credits.
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