MIDLAND - The Dow Chemical company Tuesday introduced a new technology that will make the fabrication of wind blades for alternative energy use that are stronger, lighter and easier to manufacture. Launched at the JEC show in Paris, France, AIRSTONE Systems for Wind Energy from Dow once again highlight how the Company's sharp focus on
LANSING - Renewable energy legislation passed one house of the Michigan Legislature unanimously on Thursday, but it wasn't the wide-sweeping standard Gov. Jennifer Granholm and environmental groups have called for. The Senate approved SB 1000 on a 38-0 vote. Supporters of the legislation that would require state government to purchase increasing levels of renewable energy
DTE Energy's GreenCurrents Program Gets National Certification DETROIT - DTE Energy's GreenCurrents renewable energy program has received Green-e certification from the Center for Resource Solutions, the nation's leading certification and verification program for renewable energy. The Green-e program provides independent, third-party certification to ensure renewable energy meets strict environmental and consumer protection standards. DTE Energy
LANSING - The Mackinac Room in the House Office Building was crammed Tuesday for a workgroup session on an energy package including largely re-regulating the electric industry and mandating energy efficiency and a renewable portfolio standard. But while the participants argued over changes to the bills, no consensus was reached in the seven-hour meeting. House
INCLINE VILLAGE, Nevada - The Green Technology Entrepreneurship Academy invites science and engineering doctoral students, post-docs, and research faculty to spend a week learning to recognize, develop, and bring to market green businesses built on their research. The five-day immersive program, from July 7-11, provides students with focused lectures, practical exercises, and hands-on experiences turning
DETROIT - To promote itself, Detroit Electric - a new joint venture between Zap and China's Youngman Automotive Group - plan to release a limited number of cars based around the Detroit Electric, an electric car produced by the Anderson Electric Car Co. in the early part of the 20th century. Anderson produced various models
SAN JOSE - To make ethanol, you want to make vinegar first, according to ZeaChem. The biofuel start-up, which has moved from Colorado to Silicon Valley, says it has come up with a method of making cellulosic ethanol that results in close to 40 percent more fuel per ton of wood chips than competing processes.
ROMEO - Ultraform Industries, producer of energy-efficient fluorescent light fixtures, has inked a manufacturing agreement with Alumalight of Troy that will make Ultraform's products available for shipment anywhere in North America through dealer, Ultra Lighting. Ultraform?s fixtures can reduce a facility?s energy costs by up to 49 percent. "Ultraform Industries is excited to increase its
SOUTHFIELD - The 12th Annual Energy Conference & Exhibition is going green. The event, hosted by DTE Energy and The Engineering Society of Detroit, will demonstrate on May 6 ways that businesses can save energy and increase productivity today. This year?s new wrinkle are executive strategy sessions led by CEOs of major companies as well
LANSING - Attorney General Mike Cox urged the Michigan Legislature to reject efforts by Detroit Edison and Consumers Energy to eliminate electric customer choice in the name of additional capacity. He said efforts to impose a renewable portfolio standard should be sold as an effort to help the environment, not the economy. Whatever the goals