Climate
Climate change challenges Michigan’s power delivery
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Michigan utilities are struggling to provide reliable energy to customers as storms become more frequent and severe.
Energy
Crops grown under solar panels and pollinator habitats could be wave of the future
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A new report about combining solar power and farming practices has advocates saying the practice could take hold in Michigan, boosting productivity while providing much needed refuge for bees and other pollinators.
Energy
Offshore wind could provide double the electricity Michiganders used in 2019
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Coastal wind is a strong, consistent power source and Michigan’s more than 3,000 miles of coast could provide double the electricity residents used from all sources in 2019.
COVID-19
Stay-at-home Michiganders used 5% less juice in 2020
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Michigan’s energy consumption dropped 5% in 2020 which is 1% more than the national average.
Energy
Michigan lawmakers look at more solar panels for homeowners, businesses
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Solar rooftop programs have been growing in Michigan, but they’ve hit a cap on customer participation.
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.
Catch of the Day
Frank Kelley had a lasting impact on Michigan’s environment – and on me
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Longtime Michigan crusader earned his nickname.
Energy
Deja vu — former Michigan elected official leads national energy policy, again
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State electricity experts hope former Gov. Jennifer Granholm advances Michigan’s interest in improved transmssion, electric vehicles, wind and solar power.
Energy
Michigan homeowners take part in national solar tour
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This year solar energy newcomers and aficionados alike can tour solar powered homes virtually in Michigan and across the nation.
Energy
Cutting-edge heating and cooling technology, 21st century style, returns to state Capitol
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A room beneath the Michigan state Capitol, once the nerve center of cutting-edge heating and cooling technology of the late 19th century, will soon be the nerve center of cutting-edge heating and cooling technology of the early 21st century.