DETROIT - Detroit Edison has issued a Request for Proposal to add more Michigan-based renewable power to the company's energy portfolio. The notice of intent to bid is due Jan. 21, 2011. The utility is seeking about 245 megawatts of renewable energy from wind, solar, hydro, biomass or landfill gas facilities that would be operating
DETROIT - The nation's major automakers have published their October sales reports, and there is mixed news in the hybrid market. While the Toyota Prius remains the nation's bestselling hybrid, Prius sales in October were down 9.9 percent from October 2009. In October 2010 Toyota sold 11,731 vehicles, down from 13,496 a year ago. Sales
GRAND RAPIDS ? Supercenter chain Meijer announced Thursday it installed an electric vehicle charging station at its Warren store, and plans to install them at stores in Allen Park and Holland. Each store will receive two charging stations which can be used by Meijer customers at no cost. "This is a very exciting step for
GRAND RAPIDS ? The West Michigan Sustainable Business Forum is meeting Nov. 8 at Fountain Street Church where Liz McCormick and Bill Fluharty will present on a local initiative to explore urban agriculture and regional food systems, the topic recently explored by a newly created open source community learning platform called the Keller Futures Center.
LANSING - Two new clean energy projects approved under the Centers of Energy Excellence program will focus on clean energy manufacturing and solar power. The program brings companies, academic institutions, national labs and the state together to support cutting-edge research and development and pioneer new clean energy technology. ?Michigan is acting boldly to be the
DETROIT ? The jewel of Detroit, Belle Isle's 104-year old Anna Scripps Whitcomb Conservatory, will get a multi-million green facelift to its aging heating system that could save taxpayers $30 million in energy costs over the next decade. Detroit Mayor Dave Bing announced that the city had received $8.8 million in Department of Energy grant
DEXTER - As the Nov. 2 election day approaches, politicians, candidates and non-profit lobbying organizations can receive donations when consumers recycle used cell phones through SecureTradeIn.com, powered by ReCellular, an e-waste company specializing in the collection, reuse and recycling of used personal electronics, particularly mobile phones. ReCellular is the first to offer this newly approved
FLINT - Kettering University stepped up to the Ford Motor Company Fund's 2010 Ford College Community Challenge and has won a $50,000 grant to perform an energy audit and develop a geo-thermal system for an urban gardening greenhouse project. Kettering Professor Matthew Sanders and his senior Industrial Engineering capstone class worked with Harvesting Earth Educational
DETROIT ? Alternative Energy Startup NextCAT has received $250,000 in seed funding from the Michigan Pre-Seed Capital Fund. NextCAT is commercializing biodiesel catalyst technology developed at the National Biofuels Energy Lab at Wayne State University that will allow biodiesel producers to use cost-effective raw materials. Founded in 2009, NextCAT is commercializing a class of catalysts
WASHINGTON - Voters from Connecticut to California and Michigan to Florida are more likely to support candidates who support an energy bill that cuts climate change pollution, based on new poll results released Monday. New surveys by Public Policy Polling for the National Resources Defense Committee Action Fund from 23 key Congressional Districts show that