Great Lakes Echo (https://greatlakesecho.org/category/energy/page/10/)
These stories are about traditional and alternative energy sources and challenges.
Michigan Senate Republicans spent the past six months revising a comprehensive energy policy proposal that brought fierce opposition from interest groups over electric choice, renewable energy and energy efficiency.
Kirk Heinze and MSU President Lou Anna K. Simon talk about the university’s energy future.
Kirk Heinze speaks with DTE Energy’s Vice President of Planning and Development Irene Dimitry about a 10-acre urban solar power array set for installation in Detroit.
The state’s energy policies adopted in 2008 have brought close to $3 billion in new investment.
Company uses physics of thunderstorms to summon energy out of air.
Energy storage can have adverse environmental impacts.
Smaller, distributed projects have largely fueled Michigan’s solar growth until now. Analysts project the next wave will come from utility-sale projects.
Kirk Heinze speaks with University of Michigan Professor Levi Thompson on his energy storage research.
Incoming Consumers Energy CEO speaks with Kirk Heinze about the company’s future.
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.