DETROIT - Researchers studying whether food crops and a solar array could share the same land were shocked to discover a mutually beneficial relationship between the plants and panels, The experiment took place in Houston, Alaska, about one hour outside Anchorage. Houston is home to Alaska's largest solar array. Using funding from the Department of
WASHINGTON DC - The Department of Energy, in one of its final actions under President Joe Biden, earmarked billions of dollars in green energy loans to utility companies based in Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm's home state of Michigan—defying the agency's inspector general, who called on the Biden administration to suspend the loan program amid conflict-of-interest
ANN ARBOR — The City of Ann Arbor has been awarded a $10 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy Community Geothermal Technologies Office to begin implementing a community geothermal heating and cooling system in the Bryant neighborhood. The city has been partnering with the Bryant neighborhood since 2021 to justly and equitably implement
WASHINGTON, D.C. — As part of President Biden’s Investing in America agenda, the Biden- Harris Administration, through the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), announced more than $2.8 billion to support reliable, affordable, and clean power in the Midwest. DOE, through its Loan Programs Office (LPO), announced the closing of
LANSING — Governor Whitmer today announced Michigan will receive $18 million from the Department of Energy (DOE) to help small- and medium-sized automotive companies modernize their capabilities to manufacture electric vehicles. 1. Michigan Leads the Way in EV Supply Chain Development: Michigan's significant investment of over one-third of the $50 million grant program is a
ANN ARBOR — The City of Ann Arbor was awarded $182,360 from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of State and Community Energy Programs through their Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant (EECBG) program to renovate the Bryant Community Center into a net-zero facility and living learning laboratory of climate action. These grant funds will
CHICAGO--The Heartland Climate Tech Partnership announced that it has officially launched a new resource database for innovative climate tech and clean energy businesses across the Greater Midwest Region. The database provides entrepreneurs with the tools they need to identify relevant programming and educational resources, attend networking and educational events, and access critical design and prototyping
WASHINGTON DC - As many as 157 retired coal plants and 237 operating coal plant sites across the U.S. could be converted to nuclear power and help the country reach its net-zero emissions goals by 2050, the U.S. Department of Energy said in a report on Tuesday. The report showed that among the retired or active plant
DETROIT - Researchers from the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) announced they found a way to build powerful magnets much smaller than ever before, a press statement states. The new innovation could help in the development of tokamak reactors, unlocking the potential of nuclear fusion that powers the sun and
LANSING - The Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy’s Michigan Solar Communities -- Low to Moderate Income Access Program has been named one of this year’s State Leadership in Clean Energy award winners by the Clean Energy States Alliance. The EGLE program, led by Clean Energy Engineer Lisa Thomas, aims to reduce roadblocks
