LANSING - The Michigan Saves Home Energy Loan Program will be able to offer loans up to $20,000 beginning June 1 under an order approved by the Public Service Commission on Thursday. The program, currently limited to loans between $1,000 and $12,500, provides low-interest notes through participating lenders to assist homeowners with energy efficiency upgrades.
OAK PARK - Azure Dynamics Corp., a developer of hybrid and electric truck powertrains, said it sold 27 Ford Transit Connect Electric vans. Included were a five unit sale to returning customer FedEx Express, a four unit sale to the City of Toronto, a three unit sale to DTE Energy, and 15 unit sales to
DETROIT - June's First Friday networking event at NextEnergy features successful Detroit entrepreneurs who've plugged into the green movement offering tips on opportunities for entrepreneurs like you. Featured speakers: Carla Walker-Miller, President and CEO, Walker-Miller Energy Services. Todd Scott, Detroit Greenways Coordinator, Michigan Trails and Greenways Alliance. Jim Saber, Vice President, Business Development and Government
LANSING - There are three major problems in Michigan and labor and environmental activists united Wednesday to back environmentally friendly jobs as a way to solve all three issues at once, said officials with the BlueGreen Alliance at a news conference Wednesday. "There are three crises in Michigan," said Mark Schauer, a former U.S. House
ANN ARBOR - Doug Selby, President of Meadowlark Builders has been named a finalist for the prestigious 2011 Fred Case Remodeling Entrepreneur of the Year Award. Selby was chosen by a highly esteemed panel of judges from Case Design/Remodeling, Inc., Hanley-Wood and Harvard University?s Joint Center for Housing Studies. The judging was based on four
LANSING - Citizens and environmental groups have joined forces in an attempt to slow down the natural gas rush they say is underway in Michigan. Representatives of Clean Water Action, the Sierra Club and Progress Michigan want hydraulic fracturing methods used to extract gas from deep wells stopped until safety and health concerns are addressed
MUSKEGON - High school and community college students have been invited to display their renewable energy or sustainable business ideas at MAREC's first annual Renewable Energy and Technology Science Fair (RE-Fair) May 23 at the Michigan Alternative and Renewable Energy Center. The incentive of a friendly competition has been shown to promote deeper learn-ing as
AUBURN HILLS - Solar panel maker Energy Conversion Devices on Tuesday filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission an announcement of a huge loss for its third fiscal quarter ended March 31 and the resignation of president and CEO Mark Morelli. The company also is laying off 300 employees, most in Michigan. ECD said
LANSING - The Department of Environmental Quality will be required to complete process improvement of major programs under HB 4016 , and state departments responsible for routine inspections would be directed to randomly select persons or companies for performing inspections under HB 4017. Both bills were unanimously reported Wednesday from the House Regulatory Reform Committee.
HOLLAND A company that has developed a new way of manufacturing windmill blades was awarded the first "Reinventing Michigan" award by Governor Rick Snyder on Wednesday. At a ceremony at Energetx Composites LLC, Snyder said the firm was an example of the innovative corporate spirit the state needed to foster to rebuild itself. The company