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Posts from March 2012
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When Excessive Pollution Leads to Rapid Changes in Transportation
March 29, 2012In the 90's the United States experienced a growing and threatening pollution problem caused by its transportation industry. The concentration of the most commonly used mode of transport was threatening society. As a result, over the next thirty… Read More » -
Solar Research in the U.P.
March 23, 2012With help from Dow Corning and Hemlock Semiconductor, Michigan Technological University has opened its Keweenaw Research Center for Solar Energy in Houghton.
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Exelon Wind has Michigan Projects
March 21, 2012Exelon Wind, with its 90 MW Michigan Wind 2 project, its Michigan Wind 1 project and the Harvest I Wind project now has 212 MW of Michigan generation. Harvest II Wind will add 59.4 MW in 2012.
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Solar Street Lighting to Protect Turtles
March 20, 2012Solar Street Lights USA has developed a “turtle friendly” streetlight that has been awarded the Wildlife Lighting Certificate from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.
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Bankruptcy Filings and Sale by Energy Innovator
March 14, 2012Both United Solar Ovonic (USO), with manufacturing plants in Greenville, and its parent company, Energy Conversion Devices of Auburn Hills, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization on February 14.
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MPSC Reports on Electric Competition and Renewable Energy
March 13, 2012Under mandates to provide periodic reports on the effectiveness of statutes, the Michigan Public Service Commission (MPSC) issued two reports in February. The first report on electric competition found that both Detroit Edison and Consumers Energy were fully… Read More »