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Michigan: Where U.S. Clean Energy, Emissions, Efficiency Policy Really Counts

May 26, 2010 by Keith Schneider
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On Friday, May 21, President Obama gathered in the Rose Garden the chiefs of his transportation and environmental departments to take the next big step to leverage federal climate policy and clean energy investment to spur new job growth. The president directed Transportation Secretary Ray La Hood and Environmental Protection Agency... [read more]

Can we restore U.S. leadership in solar manufacturing?

March 6, 2010 by Joseph Romm
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The United States created the solar cell industry and literally launched it into space 50 years ago.   Solar PV is going to be one of the largest job-creating industries of the century, projected to grow “from a $20 billion industry in 2007 to $74 billion by 2017” (see “Invented here, sold there”). But thanks to conservative... [read more]

Michigan - Dow's solar powerhouse

February 4, 2010 by Doris de Guzman
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Dow Chemical picked its corporate base - Midland, Michigan - to build its first full-scale production facility for its Powerhouse Solar Shingle product, which, according to the state of Michigan, could bring more than 1,200 jobs to the state by 2014. Staffing is anticipated to begin in late 2010. Dow estimates sales potential for its... [read more]

100 clean energy jobs at closed auto plant? Looks good to Michigan

September 10, 2009 by Joseph Romm
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Pretty much the only bright spot in the Michigan job market is clean energy jobs, as the NYT reported today: Since 2005, the number of green jobs in Michigan has grown by 8 percent, while construction jobs have declined 20 percent and manufacturing jobs have fallen 14 percent, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. And that... [read more]

Mariah Power Opens New Wind Turbine Plant in Michigan

April 21, 2009 by Tim Hurst
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Windspire turbine manufacturing plant to bring 120 new jobs Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm was on hand today as wind turbine manufacturer Mariah Power opened their first high-volume turbine manufacturing facility in the town of Manistee. The new plant, a retrofitted auto parts automation manufacturing facility, will employ former... [read more]

About That Logistics Problem

March 12, 2009 by Robert Rapier
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In 2006 I warned about just how many trees a cellulosic ethanol plant could consume:Cellulosic Ethanol Reality CheckLet’s consider a typical mid-sized 50 million gallon per year ethanol plant. Using Iogen’s demonstrated yields, the biomass requirement would be 50 million/70 = 714,286 tons of biomass per year. According to Dr. Bruce... [read more]

Habitat for Humanity Earns LEED Certification for Ninth Home in Grand Rapids, Michigan Area

December 27, 2007 by Stephen Del Percio
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For a Grand Rapids, Michigan family, this Christmas was particularly special as it moved into a $110,000 LEED-certified home built by Habitat for Humanity and sponsored by Spartan Stores. The home is the ninth for which Habitat’s Kent County chapter has received a LEED rating (including one Platinum and two Gold) under USGBC’s LEED for... [read more]

Hopes for Michigan Feed-in Tarriff Fading

December 7, 2007 by Tim Hurst
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Not too much has been heard about Michigan's HB 5218 since it was introduced by Rep. Kathleen Law earlier in this legislative session. HB 5218 was the first proposed legislation containing a 'feed-in tariff' for renewable energy in the U.S. If you don't know, a feed-in tariff or 'fee-schedule' is a policy mechanism which guarantees a... [read more]