Great Lakes Echo (https://greatlakesecho.org/category/energy/page/4/)
These stories are about traditional and alternative energy sources and challenges.
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.
Michigan’s energy consumption dropped 5% in 2020 which is 1% more than the national average.
Solar rooftop programs have been growing in Michigan, but they’ve hit a cap on customer participation.
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.
Longtime Michigan crusader earned his nickname.
State electricity experts hope former Gov. Jennifer Granholm advances Michigan’s interest in improved transmssion, electric vehicles, wind and solar power.
This year solar energy newcomers and aficionados alike can tour solar powered homes virtually in Michigan and across the nation.
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.
The COVID-19 pandemic has revealed preexisting energy justice crises like costly utility bills and the dangers of energy pollution, which may not have gained attention otherwise, according to a recent study.
Advocates are pushing the Whitmer Administration for more state government action to promote electric vehicles. The Ecology Center in Ann Arbor and the Institute for Energy Innovation in Lansing both issued recent reports on the issue.