Posts from December 2010
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December 31, 2010
Grand Rapids Community College has licensed a safety certification program for the wind energy industry from YES/Safety Technology. Developed by Spain-based Ynfiniti Engineering Services and Wales-based Safety Technology, the college’s training program will be implemented in May as…
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December 30, 2010
Roush Industries Inc. of Livonia is manufacturing 16,000 residential and commercial charging stations for electric vehicles under contract with Ecotality Inc. Marketed under the name “Blink,” the product will be a Level 2 charger. It will have a…
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December 29, 2010
The MPSC has approved a three option experimental electric vehicle residential tariff for Consumers Energy: • Whole house time-of-use rates which recognize summer/winter off-peak, mid-peak, and on-peak pricing; • Separately metered plug-in electric vehicle service with time of…
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December 28, 2010
With Hemlock Semiconductor Group and United Solar leading the way, Michigan has the fourth-largest number of solar energy jobs in the county. In a census released by The Solar Foundation, only California, Pennsylvania and Texas are ahead of…
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December 27, 2010
In 1992 Michigan voters adopted term limits for their elected officials. Polling at the time indicated that reasons included as bringing new ideas and people into state government and controlling interest group influence: “freshen politics and give new…
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December 24, 2010
Michigan’s long time energy generation main-stay has been coal-fired power plants. Prior to the recession almost 60% of the state’s native generation was coal-fired, making Michigan the seventh most coal dependent state in the country. Three recent events…
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