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Shiawassee Farm Gets 1000th Agriculture Environmental Program Certification

LANSING - Michigan's corn farmers applauded Lee Sesquicentennial Farms in Shiawassee County as part of a ceremony celebrating a milestone for the Michigan Agriculture Environmental Assurance Program in recognizing the 1,000th farm to be verified under the innovative environmental program. Jody Pollok-Newsom, Executive Director of the Corn Marketing Program of Michigan, on Monday joined a

By |2011-10-20T00:00:00-04:00October 20th, 2011|Archive, Clean, green, hybrid|

Michigan Tech to Dedicate New Solar Energy Research Center

HOUGHTON - A new solar energy center at Michigan Technological University will let students and researchers study photovoltaic systems in the demanding weather conditions of Michigan's Upper Peninsula. The facility is made possible by generous gifts from corporate sponsors, including SolarBridge Technologies (SolarBridge). The Michigan Tech Solar Photovoltaic Research Facility at Keweenaw Research Center includes

By |2011-10-17T00:00:00-04:00October 17th, 2011|Archive, Clean, green, hybrid|

NextEnergy Receives Portion Of President’s Jobs Initiative Award

DETROIT - NextEnergy today is one of twenty winners of the $37 million Jobs and Innovation Accelerator Challenge, a Department of Commerce competition launched in May to promote the advancement of 20 high-growth, regional industry clusters. Coordinated by Corporation for a Skilled Workforce, Michigan?s portion of the award totals $2.1 million distributed across five agencies

By |2011-09-29T00:00:00-04:00September 29th, 2011|Archive, Clean, green, hybrid|

ECO Research To Bring New Green Technology, 30 Jobs To Michigan

MIDLAND - A Japanese company has developed a method to turn shredded paper into a stronger, greener paper-plastic composite, and Michigan Molecular Institute is helping to bring the technology - along with 30 new jobs - to Michigan. Tokyo-based ECO Research Institute has developed a process that can grind shredded office paper to the micron

By |2011-09-27T00:00:00-04:00September 27th, 2011|Archive, Clean, green, hybrid|

Smartphone Battery Life Could Dramatically Improve With UM Invention

ANN ARBOR ? A University of Michigan professor and student have developed a "subconscious mode" for smartphones and other WiFi-enabled mobile devices could extend battery life by as much as 54 percent for users on the busiest networks. UM computer science and engineering professor Kang Shin and doctoral student Xinyu Zhang will present their new

By |2011-09-21T00:00:00-04:00September 21st, 2011|Archive, Clean, green, hybrid|

DTE To Issue RFPs To Add Energy Efficient Programs To Electric Profile

DETROIT - DTE Energy plans to issue Requests for Proposals to add energy efficient programs to its electric profile. Contractors interested in submitting a proposal must contact DTE Energy by Sept. 23. Detroit Edison, DTE Energy's electric utility, is seeking bids from qualified Michigan energy efficiency implementation vendors to provide energy-saving programs for two of

By |2011-09-21T00:00:00-04:00September 21st, 2011|Archive, Clean, green, hybrid|

DTE Energy Offers Incentive To Big Customers Equal To Eliminating 23K Cars

DETROIT - DTE Energy is offering a new incentive and reward program for its large commercial and industrial customers that will be equivalent to taking 23,000 cars off the road. DTE Energy also announced it plans to issue Requests for Proposals to add energy efficient programs to its electric profile. DTE Energy will offer 125,000

By |2011-09-20T00:00:00-04:00September 20th, 2011|Archive, Clean, green, hybrid|

Agriculture Commission Approve Farm Environmental Standards

LANSING - The Commission of Agriculture and Rural Development approved Wednesday the standards farms have to meet to be in the Michigan Agriculture Environmental Assurance Program and the process for measuring whether they met those standards. The commission has only been required to approve the standards since March when the MAEAP became statutory, but they

By |2011-09-15T00:00:00-04:00September 15th, 2011|Archive, Clean, green, hybrid|