WIXOM, Mich. (AP) -- Ford Motor Co. Chairman Bill Ford Jr. and Gov. Jennifer Granholm will share details of a plan to redevelop a closed auto plant near Detroit and convert it into the nation's largest renewable energy park.
Ford and Granholm will be at the site Thursday with officials from Xtreme Power of Kyle, Texas, and Clairvoyant Energy of Santa Barbara, Calif. They have said they will buy and renovate the 320-acre Wixom Assembly Plant if state tax incentives and federal loans are approved.
The state Senate approved the tax breaks Thursday and they are expected to reach Granholm soon.
The Senate also OK'd additional business tax credits because Michigan is out of incentives it can give this year.
The Ford plant was closed in 2007. The park could employ at least 2,800 workers building storage batteries and solar panels.
