JACKSON - Consumers Energy has updated its renewable energy plan to reflect the latest market conditions and proposes lowering costs for electric customers by about $55 million per year. In 2010, about 5 percent of the electricity supplied to its 1.8 million customers came from renewable sources. The utility has filed its updated plan for
ALLEN PARK ? EcoMotors has landed another partner, this time Navistar International. The agreement will develop a commercial turbo-diesel version of EcoMotors opposed-piston, opposed-cylinder engine. EcoMotors says its engine and powertrain packages are designed to be 15- to 50-percent more efficient, smaller, lighter, and less expensive to manufacture than conventional internal combustion engines. Last year,
DEARBORN - Ford has launched an Electrified Vehicle Facebook page to serve as a place where passionate enthusiasts or curious consumers can find and share information about the company's electrified vehicles. The page, available at Click on Facebook.Com, is part of Ford's efforts to educate consumers on the variety of choices available with electrified vehicles
LANSING - The Michigan Saves Home Energy Loan Program is now available statewide, officials announced Tuesday. The program, created with a grant through the Low-Income and Energy Efficiency Fund, provides low-interest loans to cover the cost of energy efficiency improvements. Genisys Credit Union, U.P. State Credit Union and Greater Niles Community Federal Credit Union allowed
DETROIT - The advanced lighting industry could be the poster child for Michigan's transformation to sustainability in energy production, conservation, and job creation. Imagine all the jobs that spin-off from any new industry. It's not just the engineering and manufacturing, but component assembly, testing, and training the work force to install or retrofit these new
ANN ARBOR - Have you ever considered purchasing an electric vehicle? Want to find out what all the hype is about? Join the Michigan Energy Forum March 3 at Ann Arbor SPARK for an evening of information and updates on the rollout of electric vehicles in Michigan and the United States. The event is free.
DETROIT - The College of Engineering at Wayne State University will be the first in the country to offer graduate and undergraduate certificate programs in advanced energy storage systems as the state's automotive industry transitions into producing more electric drive vehicles. The new certificate programs draw from Wayne State's curriculum and research in electric drive
ANN ARBOR - Adaptive Materials, purchased last month by a United Kingdom-based company, said in a press release that it has repaid the $6.27 million awarded the company in 2007 from the Michigan 21st Century Jobs Fund to commercialize its portable fuel cells six years early. The award is the largest investment made to date
LANSING - Farmers are hailing legislation that would give them further legal protections for complying with the Michigan Agriculture Environmental Assurance Program, but environmental groups are arguing the legislation provides protections for large animal operations. Under the bills, SB 122 and SB 123 , reported from the Senate Agriculture Committee this week and HB 4212
LANSING - Future power plants will only have to show that they meet state and federal environmental standards, not that the plant is actually needed, Natural Resources and Environment Director Dan Wyant said Friday after issuing permits for a new plant in Holland. Wyant, in an interview with Gongwer News Service, said two courts had