Heritage Sustainable Energy

Harnessing the power of the wind and sun in Michigan

Committed to providing clean, homegrown energy.

Heritage Sustainable Energy, LLC was formed in 2004 as a renewable energy provider. To date, our team has successfully developed a series of wind and solar projects across the U.S., installing enough capacity to power the equivalent of 57,000 average homes every year!

Heritage has built and operated over 200MW of wind and solar installations, with hundreds of MW in our project pipeline, continuing with our commitment to help reduce our dependence on conventional energy sources. We have also contributed planning and other resources to other energy providers, resulting in the installation hundreds of MW of additional solar energy generation.

Heritage’s energy projects at a glance:

  • 84 Wind Turbines
  • 6 Solar PV Array facilities

In addition to our direct experience with wind and solar energy development, Heritage’s principals have owned and/or managed numerous projects in the conventional energy business. Our principals have extensive experience in the oil and gas energy business and have been partners in numerous business ventures since 1984.

Since our inception, we have developed a strong positive reputation with landowners, utility companies, its contractors and all branches of government. This positive reputation guarantees our continued success in the field. Our team has the ability to install additional wind and solar generation capacity quickly and efficiently. Heritage is the most experienced and proven Michigan-based wind and solar energy company.

Heritage has substantial capabilities across the full spectrum of project planning, construction management and operation of wind and solar energy projects, including:

  • Site identification, evaluation, and selection
  • Land acquisition/leasing & landowner relations
  • Community relations
  • Permitting & licensing
  • Regulatory & environmental compliance
  • Project financing
  • Power purchase agreements & interconnections
  • Equipment procurement
  • Selecting & working with EPC firms & other construction contractors
  • Project management
  • Risk management
  • Operation & maintenance

We take great care to plan, design, and operate our projects, beginning with careful site selection, community relations and agency consultations. We conduct detailed environmental and cultural studies to help inform our planning process and to minimize our project’s environmental and cultural footprints.

We know that communication is key to planning and operating successful energy projects in communities. As such, we encourage our stakeholders to communicate openly with us, whether it is to express support or to offer criticism. We make every effort to incorporate sensible feedback and input from our stake holders into our operational processes.

Our Projects

Type Project Location Capacity Learn More
  Pickford Pickford, MI 6.9MW  
  Mancelona Mancelona, MI 0.85MW  
  Green Lake Green Lake, MI 1MW  
  M72 West Traverse City, MI 1.8MW  
  M72 East Traverse City, MI 1MW  
  Garden Solar Garden, MI 1MW  
  Garden Wind Garden, MI 28MW  
  Fairbanks Wind Fairbanks, MI 72.77MW  
  Big Turtle Huron County, MI 20MW  
  Big Turtle 2 Huron County, MI 29.4MW  
  Stoney Corners McBain, MI 60.1MW  

Our team of experts can operate & maintain your solar projects.

Heritage Sustainable Energy partners with asset owners to provide exceptional results for a growing number of utility-scale and distributed solar and storage projects.