Energy
Iron, salt and water could change the grid
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Iron-flow batteries cold be the technology that helps pave the way for the Great Lakes region’s green energy future.
Agriculture
Meat substitutes, greener fuel drive soybean demand
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With a worldwide increase in need for food and oil, the soybean industry shows no signs of slowing down. Expanding consumer interest in plant-based foods as popular substitutes for meat could create more opportunities.
Energy
Identifying Michigan’s top energy issues
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As the first year of the Biden administration ends at a time that some experts call the “greatest transition in energy infrastructure” and the “third energy revolution,” it may be opportune to check on some of the top energy issues facing Michigan in the future. Here are three of them.
Energy
Smart meters, solar panels could improve energy reliability amid climate change
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Energy experts say Michigan can make its energy infrastructure more reliable against the effects of climate change by increasing the state’s energy storage capabilities and improving technologies that detect power outages.
Energy
Michigan lawmakers weigh renewable energy expansion
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Solar supporters want to remove cap on how much juice they sell to utilities. But utilities say what they cannot recover the true cost of that energy.
Climate
Google adds Detroit to online sustainability database
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The Environmental Insight Explorer collects a city’s potential solar output, carbon emissions and long term climate outlook.
clean energy
Farming photons doesn’t qualify for land preservation tax incentive
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But solar companies are leasing more land anyway as solar becomes more profitable and equipment costs decline.
Nearshore
Lake Erie wind farm: face off over pollution, birds and jobs
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About 40 people testified last week at a public hearing on a potential offshore wind farm in Lake Erie.
Energy
Utility targets more renewable energy, critics say it’s not enough
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DTE Energy, a major supplier of electricity to Southeast Michigan, plans to double its renewable energy capacity by 2021.
Energy
More farmers may lease land for solar projects in Michigan
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Some farmers are finding that leasing their land for solar power is more profitable than growing crops.