WASHINGTON DC - Frustrated with political deadlock, solar energy companies fear a big setback if Congress fails to renew a key federal tax credit set to expire at the end of the year. The provision would extend a 30 percent break of up to $2,000 to homeowners. Businesses would qualify for the same percentage, without
LANSING - Unable to reach an agreement on legislation restructuring Michigan's utility and energy regulation, the House has cancelled its scheduled session for Wednesday. Also cancelled is the conference committee meeting on HB 5524 , the bill that would oversee the main utility regulation proposal. Also up in the air still is SB 213 that
BILLERICA, Mass. - It's a 21st century twist on the whistle stop train tour. A caravan of 11 vehicles on Monday started off from Portland, Maine, on the Hydrogen Road Tour, a cross-country trek of hydrogen-powered vehicles that will end in Los Angeles after two weeks. The event, which will make 31 stops in 18
MANISTEE - Mariah Power Co. of Reno, Nevada has developed the Windspire, with vertical rotors that catches wind energy and drive a high efficiency generator to produce electric power. A built-in smart inverter converts this power into a regulated form that is readily connectable with the electric grid. To learn more about this urban friendlier
MANISTEE - Holdfast Technologies constructs energy efficient buildings that build an eco sandwich with insulating foam on the outside and concrete on the inside. Learn how they do it in this special GreenTech edition of News Maker interview recorded at the Michigan Energy Fair. To listen, click on MITechNews.MediaRica.Com a>>
MANISTEE - Corn has a lot of potential uses from food, to animal feed to motor vehicle fuel, in the form of Ethanol. But there's a lot of misinformation out there as well with some critics contending corn can't be used to feed people and propel cars. Jody Pollok-Newsom, the executive director of the Michigan
DETROIT - After a rash of negative publicity, biofuels backers say that advanced technologies will reshape the industry, making ethanol from sustainably grown sources cost-effective within a few years. General Motors on Friday convened a panel of experts from cutting-edge ethanol companies that described different technologies--acid hydrolysis, specialty microbes, and genetically engineered energy crops--which they
LANSING - Saying Michigan's automakers would not have to "beg and plead" to be heard at the White House, presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama urged a Lansing crowd to support his proposal to change the nation's energy system so that in 10 years it no longer needs imported oil from the Middle East and
DETROIT - AT&T announced its affiliate, AT&T Services, has joined The Green Grid, the global consortium dedicated to advancing energy efficiency in data centers and business computing ecosystems. AT&T also announced it will supply data center performance information to assist the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in developing a new ENERGY STAR rating for data center
HIGHLAND - The LaFontaine Buick Pontiac GMC in Highland is one of the first auto dealers in Michigan, and the first GM dealer nationwide, to qualify for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design certification. The dealership has taken a variety of steps to reduce with its ground breaking new facility to limit energy consumption. Susan