LANSING - The Michigan Planning Consortium, created Tuesday by the Public Service Commission, is charged with trying to find the most efficient way to ensure the state has sufficient power in the coming years. The consortium (case No. U-15590) would include a variety of representatives on the supply side of the power equation, including the
MANISTEE - Standale Lumber has created an insulated log to make a more energy efficient log home. The yet unnamed product, dubbed the Buzz Log at the Michigan Energy Fair, is just one of many ways Standale Lumber can help homeowners and businesses use less energy to heat and cool their buildings. Get all the
MANISTEE - Mary Bigelow, an exhibitor at the Michigan Energy Fair, also will help businesses and homeowners figure out what alternative energy methods, products and services are right for them. She�??s also the coordinator of a monthly mixer for the green tech players in the greater Grand Rapids area. To learn more, listen to the
LANSING - The Great Lakes Compact and ensuing water withdrawal legislation are officially out of the hands of the Legislature as the House wrapped up its work on the legislation Thursday. That follows work completed by the Senate the day prior on the legislative package. The House concurred in Senate changes to the bills and
GRAND RAPIDS - The West Michigan Strategic Alliance has named Ken Freestone full-time Green Infrastructure Project Manager. Freestone had been interim project manager since January. Freestone had the full support of the Green Infrastructure Leadership Council, a group of 30 individuals representing various organizations and interests from the eight-county West Michigan region who are leading
NEW YORK - Economic and policy problems have placed a few potholes in front of the fast-growing clean-technology business. Forecasts for clean-technology adoption all point upward these days, buoyed by high double digits growth rates in sectors like wind and solar power over the past several years. But a panel of financial experts here at
LANSING - Three of the four bills in the House energy package moved one step, at least procedurally, closer to the governor's desk Thursday. But it was still not clear after the Senate Energy Policy and Public Utilities Committee's action what the bills might look like as they move back to the House, or when
DETROIT - A test fleet of Ford Escape plug-in hybrid electric vehicles is making its way on the road today powered by lithium-ion batteries from Johnson Controls-Saft. The demonstration fleet will examine the future of PHEVs as part of a complete vehicle, home and grid energy system. The green project is the result of an
LANSING - While little legislation overhauling Michigan's utility and energy regulatory system has moved so far from the Senate Energy Policy and Public Utilities Committee, its chair, Sen. Bruce Patterson (R-Canton), said committee members are working towards resolution of the issues. But that does not necessarily mean there will be a "straight line to an
LOS ANGELES - Shell is preparing to open a fueling station in west Los Angeles later this month that will dispense gasoline or, for the right car, hydrogen. Duncan Macleod, vice president of Shell Hydrogen, provided this update during a keynote talk Tuesday at the CTSI Clean Technology conference, where he said that the Santa