The plan also achieves long-term goals of reliability and eliminating out-state utilities from the state’s energy future. Continue Reading →
U.P. Energy users get short-term rate relief
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Michigan behind other states in wood use innovation
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Experts say Michigan is far behind states on the Atlantic and Pacific coasts in exploring innovative markets and uses for wood products and wood energy. Continue Reading →
Filed under: Energy, Capital News Service, Catch of the Day
New college programs train clean energy technicians
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A bachelor’s degree in electrical systems technology will be developed by Alpena Community College for employment in the fields of electric distribution, transmission and generation. Continue Reading →
Filed under: Energy, Capital News Service
Michigan utilities: Smart money on smart meters
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They eliminate meter readers, help shift demand and address outages more quickly. Continue Reading →
Filed under: Energy, remote sensing
Canadian First Nations take lead on clean energy
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Lumos Energy president Chris Henderson has spent the last two-and-a-half decades working, “at the intersection of clean energy, sustainable development, environmental action, economic development, and Aboriginal communities.” Continue Reading →
Filed under: Energy, Catch of the Day, Current State
UP consumers seek replacement for aging power plant
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Where you live in Michigan makes a big difference when it comes to the price you pay for electricity, especially if you’re living in the Upper Peninsula. Continue Reading →
Filed under: Energy, Catch of the Day, Coal, Current State
Big freeze to contain contaminated water at Fukushima
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In March of 2011, an earthquake and tsunami in Japan resulted in a nuclear disaster at the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant. Three of the plants six reactors melted down, and substantial amounts of radioactive material was released. That includes contaminated water that escaped from the three units. Containing that water has proven to be an ongoing problem confronting those who are working to clean up Fukushima. A Michigan State University grad works with a company that is going to try to contain contaminated water with an old technology that has never before been employed at a nuclear site. Continue Reading →
Filed under: Energy, Catch of the Day, Nuclear, Nuclear Waste
Michigan National Guard tests novel wind funnels
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Device captures wind from all directions and concentrates it. Continue Reading →
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Michigan’s U.P. goes head-to-head with its energy future
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Michigan’s Upper Peninsula is facing the question of how to deal with retiring power plants. Continue Reading →
Filed under: Energy, Coal
Michigan Tech part of cellulosic ethanol milestone, US at bottom of sustainable list
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Mr. Great Lakes, Jeff Kart, discusses cellulosic ethanol and the United States at the bottom of the list in sustainable behavior. Continue Reading →