ST. CLAIR COUNTY - County officials in Michigan’s Thumb face a lawsuit from the state’s largest electric utility after they placed new restrictions on solar farms, claiming noise and “visual pollution” from the arrays endanger public health. DTE Electric Co. sued St. Clair County on July 3, challenging its unique use of county health department
AUSTRALIA - The Western Green Energy Hub in Western Australia is planned to be one of the planet’s most significant green energy projects. Spanning 15,000 km of Mining territory, this 75-quadrillion project will comprise 25 million solar panels and 3000 wind turbines to generate a new level of green hydrogen. Accordingly, WGEH is a technological
NEW YORK - A hidden source of clean energy could power the planet for more than a hundred thousand years if tapped into, according to new research. Sources of hydrogen could be hiding amid the Earth's crust -- enough to power Earth at its current energy needs for the next 170,000 years, according to a
SPAIN - Across the world, wind power is growing fast—but not fast enough. To meet climate goals and reach carbon neutrality, the United Nations says global wind energy must triple in the next ten years. Standard turbines, with their giant spinning blades, are helping, but they face challenges: high costs, loud operation, complex maintenance, and
ANTARCTICA - The Thwaites Glacier in West Antarctica is nearly 80 miles wide, making it the largest glacier in the world by width. If it collapses entirely, the resulting changes could raise global sea levels. Scientists are racing to understand the forces at work before it’s too late. To better understand how this could unfold,
SPAIN - A future where your home’s windows not only let in light but also power your appliances is no longer science fiction, it’s reality. That’s because a new generation of transparent solar panels, known as smart glass or transparent photovoltaic glass, is arriving in the United States, promising to transform glass facades into veritable invisible
WYOMING - When former banker Randall Atkins bought a coal mine in Wyoming through his company Ramaco Resources, he uncovered something far more valuable: a massive deposit of rare earth elements like neodymium, dysprosium, and terbium—the main elements for the clean energy transition, high-tech electronics, and national defense. Many countries desire these elements because they are
GRAND RAPIDS -Woodchuck announced it has raised $3.75 million in seed funding led by an investor syndicate headed by Mason Fink. Additional partners include NorthStar Clean Energy, a CMS Energy company, Alloy Partners (formerly High Alpha Innovation) and Beckett Industries. “With this funding, we are accelerating our mission to help manufacturers and construction companies reduce
ARKANSAS - After finding a massive $1.5 trillion deposit of lithium inside a supervolcano on the Nevada-Oregon border, researchers have also uncovered another game-changing lithium find. Now, according to a US Geological Survey (USGS)-led study, scientists have stumbled across 19 million tons of lithium reserves beneath southwestern Arkansas. Using advanced water
DETROIT — DTE Energy President and Chief Operating Officer Joi Harris will be named President and Chief Executive Officer of the company on Sept. 8, 2025, succeeding Jerry Norcia, Chairman and CEO, who will transition to serve as Executive Chairman of the Board. The DTE Energy Board of Directors unanimously elected Harris to the post
