NOVI - The Great Lakes Renewable Energy Association said it is moving its Michigan Energy Fair from the Manistee County Fairgrounds to the Rock Financial Showplace in Novi. The Fair is scheduled for June 25-27. "I am very excited to hold our largest event of the year at Rock Financial Showplace and work with Novi
ST. PAUL - Midwest voters overwhelmingly believe unemployment is a serious issue in their state, and 3 in 5 believe clean, renewable energy will generate jobs, according to the results from a bipartisan poll of 2,400 voters across the Midwest. Voters of Illinois, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio and Wisconsin were asked if increasing the use
GRAND RAPIDS ? The latest green events calendar remains jammed with events for April culminating with the MI Earth Day Fest in Rochester Hills, Michigan's largest Earth Day Event. MITechNews.Com has partnered with the Fest to offer its new CleanUpdate eNewsletter debuting later this month. April 22, Growing Green Earth Day Expo King's Court Castle
LANSING ? Economic Development and Information Technology have come together under the new Michigan Department of Technology, Management and Budget offering Michigan businesses the chance to bid on nearly a half billion dollars in IT infrastructure work up for grabs. The money flows through Amy Baumer who provides all the details in this Cyber Defense
LANSING ? Trent Carpenter, the new Chief Information Security Officer for the state of Michigan, talks about how the state has been certified as PCI compliant by the credit cards companies ? meaning the state's 10 million plus residents can do such mundane tasks as buy vehicle license tabs online, rather than stand in line
DETROIT ? The University of Detroit-Mercy's Center of Cyber Security and Intelligence Studies has completed the "brain" for its National Secure Software Assurance Repository, a $1.8 million Department of Defense project aimed at making tomorrow's software more secure. Just last week, Center Director Dan Shoemaker was in Washington DC to demo the project for officials
HOLLAND - LG Chem announced it will build a $303 million lithium-ion battery manufacturing facility in Holland that could create more than 400 jobs by 2013. Initially, the plant will make cells for the all electric General Motors Chevrolet Volt. LG Chem estimates that over 50 people will be hired and trained in advance of
ANN ARBOR - Adaptive Materials remains on a roll, garnering yet another grant from the federal government. This time a $4.7 million contract to develop a 300-watt fuel cell system for the Department of Defense. This contract award also includes three option phases that, if awarded, could include delivery of more than 100 fuel cells,
DETROIT - The U.S. Small Business Administration has announced the winner of its 2010 Michigan Small Business Person of the Year and its other awards. They will be presented on April 29 during the sixth annual Michigan Celebrates Small Business awards event at The Lansing Center in Lansing. Gov. Jennifer Granholm will be the keynote
LANSING - Nationally-known green energy entrepreneur Maria Thompson of Ann Arbor is the featured speaker at the April 29 Michigan Celebrates Small Business event in Lansing. Thompson was President and CEO of T/J Technologies, Inc., a nationally recognized Michigan company for proprietary alternative energy technologies that she and her husband, Dr. Levi Thompson, co-founded in