A member of the Alcove Spring Historical Trust has written a letter asking a Florida wind energy company to not use Alcove Spring in the name of its wind farm planned for Marshall County.
NextEra Resources LLC of Juno Beach, Fla., has plans to build a 108-turbine wind farm in southeast Marshall County in the next few years.
The project has been named Alcove Springs Wind LLC. Current plans are to locate it generally about 25 miles southeast of Alcove Spring Historic Park, which sits along East River Road between Marysville and Blue Rapids.
The wind project’s manager, Daniel Scheffler, said the name seemed a good idea because of its local resonance.
(Read more: The Marysville Advocate)