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.
Energy
Michigan National Guard tests novel wind funnels
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Device captures wind from all directions and concentrates it.
Energy
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.
Energy
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.
Energy
Michigan bill would repeal renewable energy standards
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Meanwhile, Michigan utilities are on pace to meet the standard requiring that they produce 10 percent of their energy with renewables by the end of next year.
Energy
Four Great Lakes states rank among top in energy efficiency
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Four of the top 10 states in energy efficiency are from the Great Lakes region, according to WalletHub, a personal finance advice website that measured the energy use of cars and homes in each of the lower 48 states. Of the Great Lake states, New York (2), Wisconsin (3), Minnesota (6) and Michigan (10) are in the top 10. Other Great Lakes states ranked as follows: Indiana (19), Ohio (23), Illinois (26) and Pennsylvania (39). WalletHub determined efficiency in homes by “calculating the ratio between total residential energy consumption per capita and annual degree days.” Car-related efficiency was measured as a ratio between annual vehicle miles driven and gallons of gasoline used. Data from the U.S. Census Bureau, the National Climatic Data Center, the U.S. Energy Information Administration and the Federal Highway Administration suggests that home energy use was proportionally larger than car-related energy use, according to WalletHub.