EAST LANSING ? A new $694,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Energy to the Michigan State University College of Engineering will help advance the green technology of Solid Oxide Fuel Cells by designing new SOFC brazing alloys. Solid Oxide Fuel Cells are a promising green energy technology offering high efficiencies in chemical-to-electricity conversion, the
DETROIT ? With some 24 electric-vehicle charging stations installed at the MGM Grand parking garage, Delta Products Corporation boost the largest single installation of Smart electric vehicle charging technology in the state ? thanks to a three-year grant from the U.S. Energy Department. ?We are thrilled to work with the DOE, DTE Energy, Mercedes Benz
EAST LANSING - A retired Michigan State University professor has made a $1 million commitment to benefit the MSU College of Engineering with a professorship in electromagnetics. The gift is being established through an estate plan from Dennis P. Nyquist of East Lansing, Mich., a former faculty member and graduate of the MSU Department of
LANSING - Gov. Rick Snyder has proclaimed Oct. 13-17 Careers in Energy Week in Michigan as a way to raise public awareness of careers in the energy field and recruit talent for the energy workforce of the future. ?As Michigan?s economy continues to improve, there is an increasing demand in many energy-related businesses for a
LANSING - A coalition of environmental groups is asking Governor Rick Snyder to overturn the Department of Environmental Quality and reject a package of rules the group said would reduce protections from airborne toxins. The actual language of the rules is at this point still under development, but the goal of the rules is to
GRAND RAPIDS ? West Michigan Sustainable Business Forum?s Climate Resiliency Framework Initiative will host the West Michigan Climate Resiliency Conference October 6 at the Amway Grand Plaza Hotel in downtown Grand Rapids. The full-day event will introduce participants to national and local thought leaders on climate resiliency in the public and private sectors, a line-up
LANSING ? This year?s GreenUp Conference November 12 on the campus at Michigan State University at the Kellogg Center will provide excellent opportunities for sharing information, networking, and learning. The highlight will be the 6th Annual Michigan Green Chemistry Governor?s Award Ceremony. Keynote speakers: Eric Beckman, University of Pittsburgh, Co-Director of the Mascaro Center for
LANSING - The Public Service Commission has approved a settlement agreement granting Consumers Energy Company a certificate of public convenience and necessity to construct natural gas facilities to serve new customers in Gaines Township in Kent County and Leighton Township in Allegan County. Under the terms of the settlement (Case U-17645), the two townships grant
LANSING - Attorney General Bill Schuette has filed a class-action lawsuit against AmeriGas under Michigan's Consumer Protection Act charging the company gouged customers with high-priced propane during the ferocious 2013-14 winter. In a separate action, Schuette said he has reached an agreement with Ferrellgas to provide some 600 customers with more than $100,000 in cost
EAST LANSING - Volodymyr Tarabara, associate professor of civil and environmental engineering at Michigan State University, has been named a Fulbright Scholar and will conduct research on water quality control in the Republic of Georgia. The highly coveted Fulbright grants are issued by the United States Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs