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Michigan Energy Fair Recap

ONEKAMA - Jennifer Alverado, executive director of the Michigan Energy Fair, recaps the fourth annual Michigan Energy Fair held June 25-28 at the Manistee County Fairgrounds in Onekama, a tiny town on the Lake Michigan coast south of Traverse City. To listen, click on MITechNews.MediaRica.Com a>>

By |2009-06-30T00:00:00-04:00June 30th, 2009|Archive, Clean, green, hybrid|

GLEQ Grand Prize Winner – Kinetic Wave Power

EAST LANSING - Kinetic Wave Power, which has developed technology to generate electricity out of crashing waves in the ocean, was named the grand prize winner in the 2009 Great Lakes Entrepreneur�??s Quest business plan writing contest. Kinetic Wave Power won $25,000. To listen, click on MITechNews.MediaRica.Com a>>

By |2009-06-23T00:00:00-04:00June 23rd, 2009|Archive, Clean, green, hybrid|

GLEQ Triple Winner – Advanced Battery Concepts

EAST LANSING - Advanced Battery Concepts was a triple winner in the 2009 Great Lakes Entrepreneur�??s Quest business-plan writing contest. The clean tech company won first place in the New Business Idea category, plus won the special Automation Alley Advanced Manufacturing and Next Energy green business concept awards. To listen, click on MITechNews.MediaRica.Com a>>

By |2009-06-23T00:00:00-04:00June 23rd, 2009|Archive, Clean, green, hybrid|

Despite Green Movement, Utility Rates Still Encourage Energy Use Growth

TRAVERSE CITY - Even with the push to develop alternative energy and energy efficiency, utility rates and regulations, by and large, still encourage growth in use of energy and resources, panelists said at the Mid-American Regulatory Conference Tuesday. Michigan utilities are able to collect fees to cover energy efficiency programs, but the majority of their

By |2009-06-16T00:00:00-04:00June 16th, 2009|Archive, Clean, green, hybrid|

Alternative Energy Growth Force Transmission Plants To Expand

TRAVERSE CITY - Electric transmission facilities are currently designed to get power from power plants to local communities. But with the growth of alternative energy, those transmission systems need to expand to pass power around states, regions and the nation, officials told the Mid-American Regulatory Conference Tuesday. The nation's current electric grid is still based

By |2009-06-16T00:00:00-04:00June 16th, 2009|Archive, Clean, green, hybrid|

Unpaid Utility Bills Impacting Middle-Class Too

TRAVERSE CITY - Utilities are seeing unpaid bills and disconnections increase, and they are seeing those delinquencies from higher income customers, utility officials told those gathered for the Mid-American Regulatory Conference. But, while utilities are covering some of the efforts to assist those customers now, those efforts will have to move back to the government

By |2009-06-15T00:00:00-04:00June 15th, 2009|Archive, Clean, green, hybrid|

Utilities, Regulators Need To Work Together To Keep Customer Costs Lower

TRAVERSE CITY - With coming changes in energy sources and costs, utilities and regulators are going to have to work together to ensure the new technology is implemented and customers are not buried by the costs, regulators and utility officials told the Mid-American Regulatory Conference on Monday. The cost of generating power is increasing as

By |2009-06-15T00:00:00-04:00June 15th, 2009|Archive, Clean, green, hybrid|

Half-Day Workshop To Study Bio-Energy, Bio-Composting Technology

MUSKEGON - On June 9, the Grand Valley State University Michigan Alternative and Renewable Energy Center will host a half-day workshop devoted to advancing an understanding of bio-energy and bio-composting technology. A discussion will follow about related business opportunities. The event is free thanks to underwriting support from the Department of Energy, Labor & Economic

By |2009-06-05T00:00:00-04:00June 5th, 2009|Archive, Clean, green, hybrid|