Watt’s New? Energy Law
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Michigan Business Connect - We Are All in this Together
May 24, 2013Michigan Governor Rick Snyder has stressed economic gardening as one way to grow Michigan’s economy. As part of this effort, the Pure Michigan Business Connect program has been established to help companies “find procurement resources to expand their supply chain, find new business opportunities, access a new business-to-business network and receive business assistance."
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Huron County Seeks Clarification on Taxes
May 23, 2013The Board of Commissioners for Huron County have resolved to not take any more action regarding wind energy projects until Michigan clarifies the legislation and taxation of wind turbine. Therefore, it has decided not to act on a request to release 26 acres in Windsor Township from restricted farmland preservation use to allow the building of a planned substation for the new Thumb Loop transmission line.
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Graphene Technology Increases Anode Capacity for Lithium-Ion Batteries
May 15, 2013XG Sciences Inc. of Lansing has used its proprietary know-how to improve lithium-ion battery capacity by a factor of four over conventional anodes. Using graphene nanoplatelet anode material not only improves charge storage capacity, but it also has good cycle life and high efficiencies.
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Courts to Rule on Wind Issues
May 13, 2013Seventeen neighbors of the Consumers Energy Lake Wind Energy Park have filed a complaint in Mason County claiming the wind farm has negatively impacted property values and caused sleep disruption, headaches, ringing ears, dizziness, stress, extreme fatigue, nausea, and other physical and mental problems.
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DOE Renews MSU Biofuels Funding
May 8, 2013The U.S. Department of Energy has awarded $25 million per year for another five years to fund the Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center.
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Energy Innovation with Nanoparticles
May 6, 2013Grid Logic Incorporated of Lapeer is developing a low-cost superconducting wire for electric utility application. Using a new manufacturing technique, it will embed very fine particles into metals to induce superconductivity. This will reduce the cost of transmission lines, motors, wind turbines, and other electric devices.
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