ANN ARBOR - In a bullet-shaped car powered by the sun, the nation's top solar car team from the University of Michigan will soon race across Australia in the Bridgestone World Solar Challenge. The 1,800-mile journey, which takes place every other year, starts this weekend. A team from Michigan Engineering is traveling with the race
DETROIT — Parjana Distribution LLC says its proprietary drainage technology is being used by a world-renowned technology company in Washington state. Parjana officials said they aren’t allowed to name the company, but that it installed nearly 4,000 feet of its Energy-Passive Groundwater Recharge pipe to remove a persistent standing-water problem on about a half-acre of
NOVI - ITC will be conducting its semi-annual aerial patrols of high-voltage transmission towers and lines in southeast Michigan from September 18-20, including Ingrahm, Jackson, Lenawee, Livingston, Monroe, Oakland, Washtenaw and Wayne Counties. The patrols are done in the spring and fall. The helicopter patrols are conducted to provide an overall status of the overhead
HOUGHTON - The Michigan Pipeline Safety Advisory Board voted unanimously Monday to recommend Michigan Technological University lead a risk analysis of the 63-year old Enbridge Line 5 pipelines that runs beneath the Straits of Mackinac and would pose a significant environmental risk to the Great Lakes if they were to rupture, scientific studies have shown.
ROYAL OAK - M2 TechCast Co-host Mike Brennan calls in from Amsterdam, Netherlands, where he interviewed a senior Dutch official who coordinates and promotes the Dutch expertise in controlling rising water level, including higher seas. With the world experiencing climate change, and rising sea levels, the Dutch expertise is now in great demand. To listen,
NOVI – Looking for different trails to hike or bike? Check out ITC’s network of transmission trails that offer the opportunity to appreciate and enjoy nature. In recent years, ITC Holdings Corp. has partnered with urban communities where open space is at a premium -- including Canton, Novi and West Bloomfield -- to develop recreational
ANN ARBOR - About three out of every four Americans support hotly debated net energy metering policies, which allow residents with wind turbines and solar panels to sell excess energy back to the grid at retail rates, according to a national poll by University of Michigan researchers. The poll, conducted by the National Surveys on
MUSKEGON - Researchers at Grand Valley State University's Robert B. Annis Water Resources Institute will be able to investigate topics that government funding programs are typically not willing to take on, thanks to a new endowed fund created by Allen and Helen Hunting. The Huntings initiated the Allen I. and Helen J. Hunting Research and Innovation Fund
WASHINGTON DC – Globally, more than 1,600 hydrogen fuel cell vehicles were sold or leased in the first half of 2017, according to a report published this week. More than 1,000 of these vehicles were sold in California, the only state in the U.S. where these vehicles are commercially available. Less than 500 of these
LANSING - The Michigan Agency for Energy has issued a Request for Proposals for $100,000 in grants to Michigan municipalities, public K-12 schools, hospitals, nonprofit organizations and small businesses for energy waste reduction and renewable energy products and services. This is the first time that hospitals are included in the program. Projects must benefit public
