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Ann Arbor To Spend $1 Million To Further Explore City Takeover Of DTE Energy Service

ANN ARBOR — Ann Arbor’s city staff is proposing City Council set aside $1 million for the next phase of study as the city considers a takeover of DTE Energy locally. That figure was included in a budget presentation to council on March 11 as officials discussed priorities for the coming year, including giving further

By |2024-03-24T16:54:28-04:00March 24th, 2024|ESD|

Study: Ann Arbor Takeover Of DTE Could Cost City $1.15 Billion

ANN ARBOR — It could cost Ann Arbor anywhere from $281 million to $1.15 billion to take over DTE Energy’s distribution system and business in the city, according to a new study. And that’s excluding some big substation costs. The city has released a long-awaited feasibility study report looking at options to achieve the city’s energy goals,

By |2023-09-29T10:54:06-04:00September 29th, 2023|Clean Update, Featured|

Consumers Energy Plugs Covert Power Plant Into Grid

COVERT TWP.–Consumers Energy announced today it is now operating the Covert Generating Station in Southwest Michigan’s Van Buren County, an important part of its “Clean Energy Plan” to meet Michigan’s energy needs this summer and for years to come. “Consumers Energy is doing its part to ensure a cost-effective, reliable energy generation supply to our

By |2023-06-05T12:33:56-04:00June 5th, 2023|Clean Update, Clean, green, hybrid|

Nation’s Power Grid Fails During Heavy Christmas Storms

NEW YORK - Two-thirds of the US population faced snowstorms, high winds, or frigid winter weather over the Christmas holiday weekend, leading to at least 52 deaths and pushing the electricity grid to the brink of failure. And in many instances, it did. At its peak on Christmas, an estimated 1.7 million businesses and homes faced power outages.

By |2022-12-28T13:10:38-05:00December 28th, 2022|Clean Update|

The Electricity GRID – How ITC Handled Demand In 2022, How ITC will Handle Power In The Future

NOVI - ITC Michigan President Simon Whitelocke provides a summary of what ITC-Holdings did to strengthen the power GRID in Michigan during 2022 and the electricity transmission company's plans to strengthen the GRID in 2023. In this video interview, Whitelocke answers the following questions: Would you mind kicking things off by reminding our viewers who

By |2022-12-12T11:20:21-05:00December 12th, 2022|Clean Update, mitechtv|

Electric Vehicle Charging Could Crash Grid Powered Only By Renewable Energy

PALO ALTO, Ca. - Most EV owners currently charge their vehicles at night when they aren’t in use, taking advantage of cheaper, off-peak electricity rates when demand is low and fossil fuel (mostly natural gas) or nuclear power plants are providing much of the electricity. But by 2035, with hotter nighttime temperatures requiring more air

By |2022-10-02T12:21:00-04:00October 2nd, 2022|Featured, Industry 4.0|

Sandia Labs Uses Heated Carbon Dioxide To Deliver Electricity To Power Grid

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — For the first time, Sandia National Laboratories researchers delivered electricity produced by a new power-generating system to the Sandia-Kirtland Air Force Base electrical grid. The system uses heated supercritical carbon dioxide instead of steam to generate electricity and is based on a closed-loop Brayton cycle. The Brayton cycle is named after 19th century

By |2022-08-21T12:37:25-04:00August 21st, 2022|Industry 4.0|

Electric Vehicles And Michigan, Theme of The ITC Energy Report

NOVI - Kwafo Adarkwa, Director of Public Affairs for ITC Holdings Corp, in the June edition of the ITC Energy Report, talks about how the electricity transmission company is helping Michigan usher in its electric vehicle future. More information at ITC-Holdings https://youtu.be/q6Z2_8BtP7E  

By |2022-07-04T12:53:23-04:00July 4th, 2022|Industry 4.0, mitechtv|

West And Midwest Power Grid At Risk Of Failure This Summer, Report Warns

DETROIT - The U.S. West and Midwest could be facing grid failure this summer, according to a Summer Reliability Assessment by the North American Electric Reliability Corporation. In its seasonal reliability assessment for the summer of 2022, the nonprofit corporation, which sets regulatory standards for U.S. grid operators, warned that the Midcontinent Independent System Operator (MISO)

By |2022-05-27T08:11:27-04:00May 26th, 2022|Science|

New Heat Engine With No Moving Parts Could Fully Decarbonize The Power Grid

BOSTON - Engineers at MIT and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) have designed a heat engine with no moving parts. Their new demonstrations show that it converts heat to electricity with over 40 percent efficiency — a performance better than that of traditional steam turbines. The heat engine is a thermophotovoltaic (TPV) cell, similar to

By |2022-04-16T12:44:31-04:00April 16th, 2022|Featured, Industry 4.0|