Clean Update

DTE Energy’s Beacon Park Announces Free Summer Concert Series

DETROIT - Music will take center stage at Beacon Park this summer when the DTE Energy Beacon Park Foundation and the Downtown Detroit Partnership present a free, three-part concert series showcasing national acts. “We’re excited to announce our summer events, including our concerts, which bring a full schedule of fun, free programming to Beacon Park,”

By |2018-05-21T19:11:14-04:00May 21st, 2018|Clean Update|

DTE Energy, Consumers Energy Accelerate Plans For Cleaner Energy

DETROIT - Consumers Energy and DTE Energy Friday said they are accelerating plans to produce cleaner energy in Michigan, targeting at least a 50 percent Clean Energy Goal by 2030– achieved through a combination of investments in at least 25 percent renewable energy, and the remaining through energy efficiency. In the past year, both DTE

By |2018-05-18T13:58:39-04:00May 18th, 2018|Clean Update, News|

ITC Conducting Helicopter Inspections Of Power Lines In Southeast Michigan

NOVI – If you hear low flying helicopters in Southeast Michigan  the last 10 days of May, it may be ITC conducting its semi-annual aerial patrols of high-voltage transmission towers and lines. The aerial inspections will cover the southeast part of the state, including all or parts of Ingham, Jackson, Lenawee, Livingston, Monroe, Oakland, Washtenaw

By |2018-05-16T20:52:21-04:00May 16th, 2018|Clean Update|

Wayne State Buys NextEnergy Center, Launches Innovation Consortium

DETROIT — Wayne State University will buy the NextEnergy Center, the state of Michigan’s advanced energy industry accelerator, and transform it into a center for university-industry collaboration and research. The university announced the move as a $6.6 million investment in Detroit Urban Solutions, a technology innovation consortium. The building will be rechristened as the Wayne

By |2018-05-09T16:06:00-04:00May 9th, 2018|Clean Update, Featured|

West Michigan Food Waste Summit

May 21: West Michigan Sustainable Business Forum and partners will host the West Michigan Food Waste Summit on Monday, May 21 at the Secchia Institute for Culinary Education at Grand Rapids Community College, the capstone event of the Western Michigan Food Recovery Council pilot project. RSVP here. The half-day event will provide an opportunity for

By |2018-05-09T16:42:20-04:00May 7th, 2018|Clean Update, Events/Announcements, Uncategorized|

DTE Electric To Sell $525 Million In Green Bonds To Build Solar Arrays, Wind Farms

DETROIT - DTE Electric plans to sell $525 million in bonds to finance renewable energy projects, such as solar arrays and wind farms, and strengthen energy efficiency programs o reduce carbon emissions by more than 80 percent by 2050. Shorter term, DTE Electric must meet stricter Michigan Public Service Commission regulations that require the utility to

By |2018-05-07T20:51:10-04:00May 3rd, 2018|Clean Update, Featured|

UM Study: Exploding Stars Provide Blueprint For Creating Reliable Fusion Energy

ANN ARBOR - We study exploding stars in our quest to make reliable fusion energy a reality, but chances are we've been thinking about supernovae wrong. New research led by the University of Michigan shows that heat plays a significant role in the way materials mix during fusion reactions—a factor that has, to this point,

By |2023-02-01T19:46:20-05:00April 27th, 2018|Clean Update|

DTE Energy Foundation Continues Community Giving Grant Program

DETROIT - The DTE Energy Foundation announced the continuation of its successful Community Giving grant program, aimed at supporting community events throughout Michigan. The Community Giving initiative was introduced in 2017 as a pilot program and distributed hundreds of grants ranging from $500 to $5,000 to community organizations in Michigan. Moving forward, the program will

By |2018-04-10T17:14:56-04:00April 10th, 2018|Clean Update|

Filmmakers Seek Help In Sounding Alarm Over Toxic PFAS In Drinking Water,   To Show Small Communities How To Overcome Obstacles to Fixing The Problem

DETROIT - Two Michigan independent filmmakers are seeking help in funding a documentary called Bad Water. Small Town. Deaf Ears. that will expose the widespread threat to health caused by a class of unregulated, toxic chemicals used to make a wide range of non-stick and stain-resistant products. Studies have shown that some level the group

By |2018-05-21T19:20:06-04:00March 28th, 2018|Clean Update|

U-M Researchers Provide Better Connectivity To Organic Solar Cells – Drive Down Price

ANN ARBOR - In an advance that could push cheap, ubiquitous solar power closer to reality, University of Michigan researchers have found a way to coax electrons to travel much further than was previously thought possible in the materials often used for organic solar cells and other organic semiconductors. "For years, people had treated the

By |2018-03-08T15:57:02-05:00March 8th, 2018|Clean Update|