ALLEN PARK ? A group of investors that includes Microsoft Co-Founder Bill Gates has invested $32.5 million in a Series C round in EcoMotors International, which is developing an efficient, clean, lightweight engine that will be used in hybrids, extended range EVs, as well as cars and light trucks. The round was led by Braemar
ROCHESTER - MI Green Team estimated the attendance at its Green Living Festival June 22-24 at about 25,000, half of the 50,000 festival-goers it had planned for. The estimate was used to calculate and offset the event's carbon footprint, including 75,000 pounds of C02 generated by an estimated 10,000 cars averaging two passengers and a
LANSING - Several state forest campgrounds in the Upper Peninsula temporarily closed during the Duck Lake Fire have been completely or partially reopened to visitors, the Department of Natural Resources announced Thursday. Michigan?s Upper Peninsula, and the majority of its recreational facilities, is open for business and with the tourism season gearing up officials from
GREENVILLE ? United Solar Ovonic LLC thin, flexible solar panel business will be sold during a live web auction on June 26, its parent company, Energy Conversion Devices, announced Monday. On the auction block will be machinery, equipment, intellectual property, furniture, real estate and inventory. The live webcast auction sale will start at 9 a.m.
LAKE ORION ? A field next to General Motors' Orion Assembly Plant, home of the Chevrolet Sonic and Buick Verano, will soon hold a solar array with enough capacity to annually power 45 homes in Michigan. The energy from the 350-kilowatt array owned by DTE Energy will be sent back to the grid for use
LANSING - The boards of directors for the Corn Marketing Program of Michigan and the Michigan Corn Growers Association announced that Jim Zook has been named Executive Director for both organizations. Zook, who brings more than 30 years of well-rounded experience to the position, assumes his duties June 25 at the Michigan Corn Office in
DEARBORN - Ford Motor Company's new 1.0-liter EcoBoost engine Wednesday was named 2012 International Engine of the Year based on votes cast by 76 journalists from 35 countries around the world. The small, high-tech three-cylinder engine also hauled in two other awards ? ?Best New Engine? and ?Best Engine Under 1.0-Liter.? The awards were presented
ROCHESTER - "Good, Green Fun" is in order when the seventh annual Green Living Festival kicks off the first weekend of summer, June 22-24 in downtown Rochester. More than 50,000 expected to tour the exhibits, take in the parade, eat the food, hear the speakers and music at one of the largest green events on
ANN ARBOR - In less than three months, 3,000 cars with state-of-the-art wireless communication systems will be driving around Ann Arbor as part of a University of Michigan and U.S. Department of Transportation experiment: the largest real-world intelligent vehicle deployment ever conducted in North America. Top transportation officials and experts are speculating that major automobile
LANSING - A package of bills unveiled Tuesday in the Senate would allow low-income families to seek assistance paying their heating bills before they receive a shut-off notice. Under the bills (SB 1134 , SB 1135 ), families earning 115 percent of poverty or less would be eligible for assistance as soon as they get