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NextEnergy, Clean Energy Trust, Set Up $745,000 Commercialization Fund

DETROIT - NextEnergy, in partnership with Chicago-based Clean Energy Trust, will use a $745,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Energy to support clean energy companies with commercializing their technologies in the Midwest. Expected to launch this month, the Midwest Innovation Bridge ? or the Bridge, for short ? will offer early-stage technology companies entrepreneurial

By |2014-07-10T00:00:00-04:00July 10th, 2014|Archive, Clean, green, hybrid|

Michigan League Of Conservation Voters Scorecard Pans Legislature

ANN ARBOR - The Michigan League of Conservation Voters unveiled its 2013 - 2014 Michigan Environmental Scorecard Wednesday, and overall, state legislators earned a score of incomplete. Michigan LCV established legislative priorities at the start of the 2013 - 2014 legislative session: advancing clean energy, stronger water protections against fracking, and protecting public land. The

By |2014-07-09T00:00:00-04:00July 9th, 2014|Archive, Clean, green, hybrid|

Decreases Coming For Michigan Gas Customers In Lower Peninsula; Electric Rate Increases In Upper Peninsula

LANSING - The Michigan Public Service Commission on Tuesday approved two settlement agreements authorizing Michigan Gas Utilities Corporation to reconcile two mechanism related to over-collections, meaning some residents will see a decrease of $1.42 on a their monthly bill. In one instance (Case U-17547), the utility experienced a net over-collection of $475,905. So customers using

By |2014-07-08T00:00:00-04:00July 8th, 2014|Archive, Clean, green, hybrid|

Support Future Green Leaders at 9th Annual WMSBF Golf Outing

GRANDVILLE - West Michigan Sustainable Business Forum recognizes the critical role that higher education plays in preparing future leaders of the sustainable business movement. To help promote this thinking, the WMSBF awards up to $6,000 in fellowships each year to local college students who are creatively promoting sustainability in their institutions and communities. Sponsorship Levels

By |2014-07-03T00:00:00-04:00July 3rd, 2014|Archive, Clean, green, hybrid|

Ogemaw County Expands Broadband Access

WEST BRANCH - The Public Service Commission on Tuesday commended Ogemaw County for becoming the ninth community in Michigan to be certified as a "connected" community that has developed a broadband and technology plan to expand broadband access, adoption and use. It joins Charlevoix, Antrim, St. Clair, Roscommon, Livingston, Mecosta, Clare and Otsego counties in

By |2014-07-01T00:00:00-04:00July 1st, 2014|Archive, Clean, green, hybrid|

Arotech Debuts Man Portable Hybrid Power Management System

ANN ARBOR - Arotech Corporation announced a new Man Portable Hybrid Power Management System that its Battery and Power Division's UEC Electronics subsidiary unveiled to the United States Department of Defense. This latest 3.5kW system is a prototype which satisfies an upcoming solicitation for the Mobile Electric Hybrid Power System Lite (MEHPS-Lite). "While the prototype

By |2014-06-25T00:00:00-04:00June 25th, 2014|Archive, Clean, green, hybrid|

HELLA Headlamps Automatically Adjust High-Beam For Traffic, Pedestrians

PLYMOUTH ? HELLA has developed an industry-first headlamp system that automatically adjusts high-beam light patterns for other traffic and pedestrians. Recently introduced on the Audi A8 in Europe, HELLA's Matrix LED headlamp system uses camera-based technology to create glare-fee "tunnels" in front of a vehicle. The system allows car owners to continually use their high

By |2014-06-25T00:00:00-04:00June 25th, 2014|Archive, Clean, green, hybrid|

Michigan Green Labs Initiative Workshop Aug. 12

EAST LANSING - Michigan State University is hosting its second annual Green Labs workshop Aug. 12 as MSU continues building a network of green lab professional partners in Michigan. Presentations will be given by MSU on HVAC controls, energy conservation, and reducing chemical hazards without hindering research. We will also share additional case studies and

By |2014-06-23T00:00:00-04:00June 23rd, 2014|Archive, Clean, green, hybrid|

PSC Approves Consumers’ Request To Eliminate Renewable Surcharge

LANSING - The Public Service Commission on Thursday approved most of Consumers Energy Company's revised renewable energy plan that includes a complete elimination of the renewable energy charge effective with the July billing month. "The elimination of the renewable energy surcharge reflects the falling cost of wind-generated energy," PSC Chair John Quackenbush said in a

By |2014-06-20T00:00:00-04:00June 20th, 2014|Archive, Clean, green, hybrid|