- Date
- 2000-10
- Kind
- Opening
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- energyinfrastructurecommunitycommunication
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
More than sixty Islanders attended an open house for Beaver Island’s new $4.3 million powerhouse. Great Lakes Energy demonstrated two generators capable of up to three megawatts and explained the facility’s capacity, safety, and mainland backup capability.
Evidence limits
The article reports the open house and facility specifications but does not provide engineering records or a formal commissioning date.
Sources
- Reports a community open house for the $4.3 million Great Lakes Energy project, two generators capable of up to three megawatts, remote control from the mainland, and a demonstration of rapid outage response. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2000-10_Beaver-Beacon
- The held issue scan confirms the published open-house report.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2000-10_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Great Lakes Energy opens Beaver Island’s new $4.3 million powerhouse for a community tour in 2000”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-powerhouse-open-house-2000/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, October 2000, “Open House at the Powerhouse.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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