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Michigan company looks to halve offshore wind costs
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Company uses physics of thunderstorms to summon energy out of air.
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Michigan researchers issue guidelines for sustainable energy storage
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Energy storage can have adverse environmental impacts.
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Advocates say policy changes could stunt Michigan’s solar job growth
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Smaller, distributed projects have largely fueled Michigan’s solar growth until now. Analysts project the next wave will come from utility-sale projects.
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U of M professor discusses cutting-edge energy storage research
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Kirk Heinze speaks with University of Michigan Professor Levi Thompson on his energy storage research.
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Incoming Consumers Energy CEO seeks balanced energy portfolio
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Incoming Consumers Energy CEO speaks with Kirk Heinze about the company’s future.
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Meanest, greenest cars and solarizing Saginaw Bay
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Mr. Great Lakes discusses how “green” the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy determined some cars to be and efforts in the Saginaw Bay area to increase solar energy.
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Lansing charts clean energy course
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Three smokestacks tower over Lansing, Michigan – part of a power station the city will take offline in 2020. What’s next?
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Mr. Great Lakes talks energy savings, funding for better habitats
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Mr. Great Lakes (Jeff Kart) reports from Bay City, Michigan’s Delta College Q-90.1 FM. Today, he discusses cost benefits from renewable energy standards, funding awarded to enhance wetland habitats and new energy efficiency standards that will lower utility bills big time. Text at Mr. Great Lakes.
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Michigan researchers put price tag on climate liability for fossil-fuel plants
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Coal-fired power plants could be billion-dollar liabilities for utilities if their greenhouse gas emissions are challenged in court.
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Octopipelines: Scientists, activists, industry leaders seek oil transport solutions
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Collaboration between citizens and oil companies could reduce the risk of future environmental disasters.