DETROIT - Nearly 20 years ago, when I had the privilege of being the plant manager at General Motors’ Detroit-Hamtramck assembly plant, I could not have imagined the role it would someday play in charting the future of transportation. Over the past several months, we retooled this facility with the best, most advanced technology in
LANSING — The state of Michigan is dropping its federal lawsuit against oil company Enbridge over the Line 5 pipeline and will instead focus its efforts on a separate lawsuit that was filed in state court, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer announced Tuesday. The change in legal strategy follows a federal judge's recent refusal to return the federal
DETROIT - LG Energy Solution's Michigan office has secured $1.36 billion for investment into production facilities for electric-vehicle batteries in North America by 2024, the company confirmed Monday. The funding is a part of the plan from the batteries unit of South Korea-based LG Corp. to expand its solely owned annual production capacity in North
GRAND RAPIDS - Michigan Sustainable Business Forum will host a webinar Dec. 2 at 1 pm highlighting the intersection of climate action and materials management, detailing the climate strategy of one of the state’s leading waste management firms. In 2020, Republic Services became the first U.S. recycling and solid waste services provider to have its
COPENHAGEN - The head of Siemens Gamesa warned that a decade-long race to bring down the cost of generating wind power could not continue, as it would reduce the financial muscle of turbine producers to continue investing in new technologies. A boom in investments in green energy to address climate change has helped bring down
DETROIT - Just two months after its maiden flight, Rolls-Royce's "Spirit of Innovation" has hit a top speed of 387.4 MPH, tentatively smashing the speed record for electric airplanes, Gizmodo has reported. It also claimed the top speed of 345.4 MPH over a 3 kilometer (1.86 mile) course and lowest time to a 3,000 meter (9,843 feet) altitude (202 seconds).
DETROIT - President Joe Biden wants half the vehicles sold in the US to be electric vehicles or plug-in hybrids by 2030. But to reach that goal, not only do Americans need to start buying more electric vehicles, they need more charging stations to plug them into. EVs and plug-in hybrids accounted for just 2
PLAINFIELD TOWNSHIP — Grand Rapids suburb Plainfield Township will be the first community in the state to use floating solar panels to help reduce energy costs. The township board approved a plan this month that will allow solar panels in a corner of a former gravel pit turned reservoir. The panels will be floating near
JACKSON—Consumers Energy, the Jackson-based electric and gas utility, announced agreements to add almost 400 megawatts of clean energy—enough to power nearly 190,000 homes—from three Michigan solar projects in southern central Michigan. The solar developments are part of the company’s Clean Energy Plan to dramatically increase renewable energy, eliminate coal as a fuel source for electricity
NEW YORK -As leaders at COP26 tackle climate change, a new report sheds light on how companies can organize themselves to integrate sustainability into their businesses. Produced by The Conference Board, the report covers issues including where sustainability sits within companies, the size of sustainability departments, and key priorities of sustainability teams. According to the
