ANN ARBOR - Intellectual property law firm Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione announced that Detroit-based SurClean, a start-up that produces laser tools for removing coatings in an environmentally safe and energy-efficient manner, has won the 4th Annual Brinks Innovation Competition. The Brinks Innovation Competition is an annual juried contest that helps emerging and venture-ready clean
ANN ARBOR ? Meadowlark Energy will showcase its Deep-Green energy retrofit home during the Remodelers Home Tour Sept. 28-30. The home was just a typical home built in 1988 in a typical Ann Arbor neighborhood, but inside, this home is jam-packed with energy-efficient upgrades that make it a lean, green, energy-saving machine. When the homeowners
FLINT - The NSF Great Lakes Energy Education Forum will bring top industry and academic experts together to share their knowledge on alternative energy with a focus on the progress of fuel cell development. The event on Oct. 5 is hosted by Kettering University at Mott Community College. This 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. forum
HANCOCK - Clean Energy Pathways, an alternative and renewable energy solutions company, has signed a direct sales, consultation and marketing contract with Coal Enhancing Solutions (C-E-Solutions) of Melbourne, Australia. C-E-Solutions is in the early stages of developing a market for the Clean Energy Pathways BioClean series of environmental pollution control and energy saving solutions. "The
DENVER - It's estimated that in the next 20 years, the United States will invest $2 trillion into the infrastructure of its aging utilities, a former chair of the Colorado Public Utilities Commission told reporters on Wednesday, and it would be wise of utilities to spend that money wisely, on renewable energy resources. "This will
HOLLAND - A West Michigan manufacturing startup has taken the international packaging industry by storm creating an eco-friendly divider that's generating as much buzz in the business as bubble wrap did a half century ago. ITB Packaging LLC ? the original name was The Box Packaging ? makes lower cost, flexible package dividers made of
BOYNE CITY ? Picturesque Charlevoix County long noted as a tourist haven now has a new designation ? it has been recognized as a "Connected" community through its comprehensive broadband action plan. The Connected program, led by the non-profit?s state affiliates, supports the building of a comprehensive action plan for a connected community by reviewing
LANSING - Michigan is the 7th worst state in the nation when it comes to exposing residents to toxic air pollution from coal-fired power plants, according to an analysis released today in Michigan by the Natural Resources Defense Council. The NRDC-compiled data show: * Michigan?s electric sector ranked 7th in industrial toxic air pollution in
LANSING ? Michigan customers would have to pay $87 up front and $15 a month, but they would be able to opt out of having a new advanced meter transmit information to Detroit Edison, the company said in a filing to the Public Service Commission on Wednesday. The charges, officials said in the filing, would
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The first half of 2012 set the record for the highest-ever fuel efficiency for new passenger vehicles entering the U.S. market, according to industry analysts Baum & Associates. The country reached this record mile per gallon (MPG) level without relying on higher small car sales ? a significant shift from a pattern