DETROIT - In a potentially game-changing breakthrough in energy harvesting, researchers have found a way to capture, store and utilize the electrical power generated by falling raindrops, which may lead to the development of rooftop, power-generating rain panels. Previous attempts to generate power from failing rain have run into specific technical hurdles that often seemed
LANSING - The Michigan Public Service Commission approved a settlement agreement on DTE Electric Co.’s integrated resource plan (IRP) for providing electricity that includes faster shutdown of the utility’s remaining coal-fired power plants and significant investment in wind and solar generation and energy storage. Today’s order (Case No. U-21193) approves a settlement agreement signed by
WASHINGTON – U.S. trucking companies are buying more new, low emission, diesel technology than ever before. Research shows the number of new near-zero emission diesel trucks on the road increased 10.2% between 2021 and 2022 according to the Diesel Technology Forum (DTF). Near-zero emission trucks are advanced diesel technology manufactured in the 2010 and later
LONDON, UK - A vital system of ocean currents could collapse within a few decades if the world continues to pump out planet-heating pollution, scientists are warning – an event that would be catastrophic for global weather and “affect every person on the planet.” A new study published Tuesday in the journal Nature, found that the Atlantic
SAN FRANCISCO - If you see the sun on a regular basis then solar generators are the way forward. They allow you to capture and store the free energy that's beaming down from the sun, convert it into electricity, and store it in batteries. Solar generators consist of two parts: There's a portable power station
FRANKFORT, Ky. — On a recent day under the July sun, three men heaved solar panels onto the roof of a roomy, two-story house near the banks of the Kentucky River, a few miles upstream from the state capitol where lawmakers have promoted coal for more than a century. The U.S. climate law that passed one
DETROIT - There’s a new ride in town, and it’s got three wheels. Oh, and it also leans. It’s the X-OTO, and this electric scooter is already zipping around in the US. The three-wheeler uses a patented system to lean the scooter up to 45 degrees, giving the stability of three wheels and the carving
SAN FRANCISCO - Solar Power is quite possibly the energy source of the future, and in the technology’s most futuristic breakthrough yet, scientists have just figured out how to beam solar power from outer space to Earth for the first time. The advantages of beaming solar power from space instead of simply collecting it with solar panels here on Earth, the
LANSING – Norwegian hydrogen company Nel Hydrogen is establishing an automated gigawatt electrolyzer manufacturing facility in Michigan. The project is expected to generate a total capital investment of up to $400 million and create more than 500 manufacturing jobs, Gov. Whitmer said in a press release. “We’re thrilled to bring home an up to $400
AUBURN HILLS - Stellantis Debuts Platform Underpinning Move To Electric VehiclesStellantis Debuts Platform Underpinning Move To Electric Vehicles Stellantis, formed at the beginning of 2021 through the merger of Fiat Chrysler and Peugeot maker PSA, sold around 6 million vehicles last year. It has plans to move all its future products onto four new BEV
