LANSING - Building on its ongoing work to address widespread power outages in Michigan, the Michigan Public Service Commission today announced it will conduct several technical conferences aimed at addressing utility resilience and reliability to better understand challenges facing the state’s electric grid, as well as on residential energy storage, an emerging component of the
LANSING - Industry 4.0, the fourth industrial revolution, takes manufacturing into the tech age by using such advanced products as 3D printing, Artificial Intelligence, Internet of Things, Self-Diagnostic machines, Digital twins and much more. The Michigan Economic Development Corp. seeks to have 6,200 Michigan manufactures using some elements of I40 within the next two years.
LANSING - Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s tax reform plan passed the Senate on a party line 20-17 vote, but the measure didn’t receive the two-thirds support needed to make it go into effect immediately, which throws the future of the measure into question. Despite the bill being passed, it stayed in the Senate Thursday, since the
DEARBORN - Ford Motor Company is dropping $3.5 billion to create an electric vehicle battery park in Marshall, which Michigan's Economic Development Corporation is hoping to back with a $210 million state-funded attraction award. Last Monday, at the Ford Battery Center of Excellence in Romulus, Ford Chief Executive Officer Jim Farley announced how the $3.5
LANSING - In March, Michigan electric utilities will start time-based rates, where if you use electricity during peak daylight hours - such as from 3 to 7 pm - you will pay more than if you are using electricity before or after those times. Michigan Public Service Commission Chairman Dan Scripps explains why MPSC is
WASHINGTON DC - With the successful launch of Artemis I behind it, NASA has been doubling down on efforts to make deep space travel – and it’s reported future trips to the Moon and Mars – easier to achieve. We’ve already reported on why the Space Launch System used for the Artemis mission isn’t sustainable, but
LANSING - The Michigan Public Service Commission Jan. 17 posted the responses to its request for proposals (RFP) for Low-Carbon Energy Infrastructure Enhancement and Development Grants. Public Act 53 and Public Act 166 of 2022, approved by the Michigan Legislature and signed by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, provide for a combined $50 million in grants for
WASHINGTON DC - Departures of domestic flights are resuming across the country after the Federal Aviation Administration restored a system that warns pilots of hazards during their upcoming flights. The FAA first issued an advisory just past 4 a.m. on Wednesday that a technical issue impacted its Notice to Air Missions system (NOTAM), and it announced a
LANSING - A Democratic leader’s bill aims to require Michigan to use 100 percent renewable energy by 2035, a goal deemed unrealistic given current technology. The bill doesn’t explain how Michigan will advance from renewables providing only 11 percent of Michigan's net electricity generation in 2021, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration, to 100
WASHINGTON DC - Washington has its eyes on the Netherlands, a small but important European country that could hold the key to China’s future in manufacturing cutting-edge semiconductors. The Netherlands has a population of just over 17 million people — but is also home to ASML, a star of the global semiconductor supply chain. It produces
