Energy
As Michigan wind farms expand, protests increase
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Thanks to wind power, Michigan is on track to meet its renewable energy goals, but issues of transparency and turbine placement have some doubting this new shift toward wind.
Energy
Report explores future of green energy in Michigan
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A new report from the University of Michigan’s Energy Institute looks at the costs and benefits of expanding renewable energy in Michigan.
Energy
Study: modest costs to renewables
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Michigan could expand its reusable energy standard to 25 percent over 10 years at $2.60 each month per household, a price that could be cut in half if key federal tax credits are extended.
Energy
U.P. energy users get short-term rate relief
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The plan also achieves long-term goals of reliability and eliminating out-state utilities from the state’s energy future.
Energy
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.
Energy
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.
Energy
Michigan utilities: Smart money on smart meters
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They eliminate meter readers, help shift demand and address outages more quickly.
Energy
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.”
Energy
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.
Energy
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.