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More US Electricity Generated By Renewables In 2022 Than Coal

WASHINGTON DC - Electricity generated from renewables surpassed coal in the United States for the first time in 2022, the U.S. Energy Information Administration announced Monday. Renewables passed nuclear electricity production for the first time in 2012 and continued to outpace it.Growth in wind and solar significantly drove the increase in renewable energy and contributed

By |2023-04-02T12:12:12-04:00April 1st, 2023|Clean Update, Clean, green, hybrid, Climate Change|

Can We Afford To Ignore Green Hydrogen In Clean Energy Mix

NEW YORK - Historically a dark horse, green hydrogen energy has received renewed attention among global policy-makers and energy experts as a potential driver of net zero emissions. This is in large part because of significant advances in enabling technologies along with government subsidies and industrial policies supporting its research and development (e.g. more than

By |2023-06-25T16:15:58-04:00April 1st, 2023|Clean Update, Clean, green, hybrid|

Report: Inflation Reduction Act To Generate Annual Renewables Investments To $114 Billion By 2031

WASHINGTON DC - In less than a decade, the decarbonization efforts enshrined in the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) of 2022 will bring annual investments into domestic renewable energy deployment from $64 billion last year to nearly $114 billion in less than a decade, according to a new Wood Mackenzie report. This will be the case

Tesla 1200 Mile Road Trip With Former Freep Auto Writer Rachel Konrad

ANN ARBOR - One of the knocks on Electric Vehicles is they aren't good for long road trips. Not true says Rachel Konrad, former Detroit Free Press auto writer, and now a California venture capitalist. Rachel and her family drove from the San Francisco Bay area to New Mexico in a Tesla Model Y, 1,200

By |2023-01-25T11:12:25-05:00January 24th, 2023|Auto Tech, Clean Update, Clean, green, hybrid, mitechtv|

US Offshore Wind Farm Uses Union Labor And Could Be Future For Energy Workers

NEW YORK - Beneath an East Hampton beach a few miles from Long Island’s fabled Montauk Point, the future of U.S. wind energy is taking shape. From a barge parked about one-third of a mile offshore, workers late last year began drilling horizontally beneath the seabed to make room for a new power transmission cable

By |2022-12-29T10:22:12-05:00December 29th, 2022|Clean Update, Clean, green, hybrid, Featured|

WMSBF December Forum: Sustainable Packaging

GRAND RAPIDS - West Michigan Sustainable Business Forum and the Institute of Packaging Professionals West Michigan Chapter will host a luncheon forum on Monday, December 12 at Kendall College for Art & Design in Grand Rapids discussing current trends and issues in packaging design and specification for local businesses and industry. Local packaging professionals are

By |2022-11-30T18:57:28-05:00November 28th, 2022|Clean Update, Clean, green, hybrid, Featured|

Scientists Discover Hydrogen Separation Technique To Recover Clean Energy From Unrecyclable Waste

MANCHESTER, UK - A team of experts at The University of Manchester led by Dr Amir Keshmiri have received government funding to work with Powerhouse Energy Plc - a world-leading UK company specializing in treatment of unrecyclable wastes - to help recover hydrogen for clean energy use. This project will develop and validate a novel and inexpensive

By |2022-11-28T17:49:45-05:00November 28th, 2022|Clean Update, Clean, green, hybrid|

$25,000 Solar-Powered Electric SUV Coming Soon

DETROIT - After decades of attempts to power cars with energy from the sun, the solar automotive age might finally be upon us. Germany’s Sono Motors, which went public on the Nasdaq last year, may have cracked the code with a $25,000 electric SUV called the Sion that's covered pretty much bumper to bumper in

By |2022-11-06T15:44:26-05:00November 5th, 2022|Clean Update, Clean, green, hybrid, Featured|

DTE Grant To Revitalize Wetlands, Strengthen Fisheries, Advance Urban Environment, Fund Conservation Fellowship

DETROIT – The DTE Energy Foundation today announced it has awarded $1 million to The Nature Conservancy (TNC) to fund several significant environmental programs throughout Michigan that will preserve, protect and enhance the state’s treasured natural habitats and species. This latest grant to TNC will be used to fund the Healthy Cities program in Detroit,

By |2022-04-03T17:14:22-04:00April 3rd, 2022|Clean Update, Clean, green, hybrid|

68 Percent Of SMBs Say Gas Price Spikes Have Hurt Their Business

BOSTON, MA - Spikes in gas prices have already taken a toll on small business owners trying to bounce back from the pandemic, inflation, labor shortages, and other challenges. In fact, Alignable's Gas Price Poll of 6,439 small business owners surveyed from 3/13/22 to 3/27/22 showed that 68% say gas price spikes have had a "very significant" negative

By |2022-04-03T17:14:23-04:00April 3rd, 2022|Clean Update, Clean, green, hybrid|