JACKSON - Consumers Energy launched this week an energy efficiency program designed to help residential customers save energy and save money. Consumers Energy Saving Solutions offers a wide range of incentives to help customers reduce their utility bills by using energy more efficiently. Those incentives include discounts on compact fluorescent light bulbs at participating retailers
ROCHESTER - Join EcoTuesday on July 28 to hear Jeff Kart, an environmental journalist, blogger, and social media evangalist, who writes primarily for the Bay City Times of MLive, and the Mudpuppy blog, which covers environmental issues in the Saginaw Bay watershed. Kart will explore how funding can be used to conserve and protect the
PHILADELPHIA - Given the unprecedented time required to invest in green technology and the job loss states face, government can and is playing a leading role in enhancing green collar jobs, speakers at the National Conference of State Legislatures said on Monday. Even before the federal stimulus, states took a leading role in promoting green
LANSING - Gov. Jennifer Granholm returned from her latest trade mission to Germany and Belgium saying that a battery pack manufacturing company will soon look for a location in West Michigan for a construction site. Granholm said the company fortu PowerCell has identified several potential market areas, including vehicle batteries, battery back-up for cell phone
DETROIT ARSENAL - U.S. Army engineers and industry partners converged on Sterling Heights July 7-8, to discuss solutions for powering the Army�??s future force, including alternative fuels and energy. The two-day Power and Energy Innovation Workshop was sponsored by the National Defense Industrial Association Michigan Chapter and U.S. Army Tank Automotive Research, Development and Engineering
DETROIT - TiE Detroit invites TiE members and guests to attend the discussion on Myths and Realities of Entrepreneurship in Cleantech on July 23 at Engineering Society of Detroit, Southfield. Cleantech is one of the fastest growing sectors today. Many global venture capital funds, governments and institutions are fuelling the growth through funds and incentives
ONEKAMA - Solar Works, an exhibitor at the Michigan Energy Fair, is selling some innovative new alternative energy products, including a mini solar voltaic mobile unit. To listen, click on MITechNews.MediaRica.Com a>>
ONEKAMA - AT&T hopes to have about 15,000 work vans on the road across America over the next 10 years powered by natural gas or hybrid electric powertrains. So far, in a limited California experiment, the phone company is reaping a one-third equivalent fuel-cost savings over unleaded gasoline, an AT&T manager said during the Michigan
LANSING - The state has approved a Renewable Energy Renaissance Zone, a 28.6-acre site, for the Alpena Prototype Biorefinery, a partnership of Atlanta-based American Process and San Antonio-based Valero Energy Corporation, a Fortune 500 company and the largest refiner in North America. ?We are continuing to diversify Michigan?s economy through the development of green energy
ONEKAMA - Jennifer Alverado, executive director of the Michigan Energy Fair, recaps the fourth annual Michigan Energy Fair held June 25-28 at the Manistee County Fairgrounds in Onekama, a tiny town on the Lake Michigan coast south of Traverse City. To listen, click on MITechNews.MediaRica.Com a>>