DETROIT ? Ann Arbor-based SkySpecs, LLC won the Accelerate Michigan grand prize of $500,000 Thursday night, while three other NextEnergy clients earned $75,000 in cash prizes as well. SkySpecs has developed a sophisticated collision-avoidance system for drones (unmanned aerial vehicles), with particular applications in wind turbine, utility, and other infrastructure operation and maintenance activities. NextEnergy
EAST LANSING - The Michigan Envirothon and the Michigan Association of Conservation Districts named Ottawa Conservation District the 2014 Envirothon District of the Year October 28. The award honors the Ottawa CD, its staff, and Board Members for their outstanding support, dedication and leadership in natural resource conservation education for Michigan's high school students and
GRAND RAPIDS - Building on the success of years prior, educators, community leaders and environmental stewards will come together in Grand Rapids from November 6-8 for the fourth annual Great Lakes Place-based Education Conference. The conference, cosponsored by the Great Lakes Stewardship Initiative and Grand Valley State University, will feature field trips, workshops and presentations
EAST LANSING - The Michigan Association of Conservation Districts honored Kenny Price, Chairman of the Jackson Conservation District, with the 2014 Director of the Year Award on October 28th. The award, presented during the MACD Annual Convention held in Bellaire, honored Kenny Price for his outstanding support, advocacy and leadership in natural resource conservation at
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
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
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 - 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