KALAMAZOO COUNTY, MI — When Comstock Public Schools broke ground on its STEM Academy in September 2024, district officials envisioned it surrounded by forest and fields.
Now, a company called Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) wants to build a 400-megawatt battery energy storage facility east of the new school still under construction at 7600 E. Main St.
“If the battery station were there first, we would probably not have built where we’re building,” Superintendent Jeff Thoenes said…