Alternative Energy Directory
The Michigan Alternative Energy Directory has been compiled by the staff of WWJ Newsradio 950 to demonstrate the extensive resources and capabilities of Michigan’s alternative energy industry. Information in the description of each company was compiled from the web and other sources.
A "quick reference guide to companies committed to a green Michigan,"Version 2.0 of the directory was released during Embracing A Green Michigan - Carbon Culture At The Crossroads, a half-day conference highlighting the work that's being done in Michigan to develop new technologies and new thinking about the environment.
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Ann Arbor Web Site Shows Homes' Solar Power Potential
The city of Ann Arbor Wednesday announced a new online service for residents that evaluates their home's solar-energy potential. The new program assesses 21,000 Ann Arbor homes, identifying 18,000 solar candidates.
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Ann Arbor's 'Green Fleets' Protects Environment, Saves Money
With rising fuel costs and growing worldwide concern about global warming, Ann Arbor is right on target with its Green Fleets program. Adopted in 2004, the Green Fleets program has sharply cut vehicle emissions and reduce the city’s gasoline and diesel use.
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Wind Energy Gets A Lift In New Report
Two decades from now Americans could get as much electricity from windmills as from nuclear power plants, according to a government report that lays out a possible plan for wind energy growth.
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NextEnergy CEO: Green Michigan Coming Into Sharper Focus
A series of events beginning today at NextEnergy in Detroit are bringing Michigan's move into sustainable, green energy technologies into sharp focus.
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Lawrence Tech Leads International Zero-Emission Race
Element One, a student team at Lawrence Technological University, has taken the equivalent of the pole position in the international Formula Zero racing series for zero-emission, hydrogen-fuel-cell-powered race karts.
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Thumb District Gets EPA Clean School Bus Grant
The United States Environmental Protection Agency's Chicago-based Region 5 has awarded a $59,120 grant to the Elkton-Pigeon-Bay Port Laker School District in Pigeon for a project to cut diesel emissions from the district's school buses.
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MSU Study Disagrees With Cox On Energy Standard
The Michigan State University Land Policy Institute begs to differ with Michigan Attorney General Mike Cox.Cox has announced his opposition to proposals for a Renewable Portfolio Standard mandating that Michigan utilities must generate a given percentage of their power from renewable sources.
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Company Offers New Wrinkle In Wind Power
A new company in Ortonville is marketing a $3,995 vertical axis wind turbine capable of generating approximately 1,200 watts of power.
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NextDiesel Gets More Biodiesel Capacity
In an agreement with Adrian-based Biofuel Industries Group LLC, GreenShift will design and build more than $10 million worth of biodiesel production, feedstock pre-treatment and related process equipment based on GreenShift’s proprietary biofuel technologies.
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MSU Studying Toledo Firm's Waste-Based Biofuels
Toledo-based N-Viro International Corp. (OTCBB: NVIC) announced an agreement with Michigan State University to explore the development of its patented N-Viro Fuel Technology at MSU's T.B. Simon Power Plant.
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Arbor's Adaptive Materials Gets $4-Million
Ann Arbor fuel cell technology developers Adaptive Materials Inc. said it had secured funding and contracts from the United States military to develop the company's technology for unmanned aerial vehicles, military robots and communications devices.
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Ann Arbor's 'Green Fleets' Protects Environment, Saves Money
With rising fuel costs and growing worldwide concern about global warming, Ann Arbor is right on target with its Green Fleets program. Adopted in 2004, the Green Fleets program has sharply cut vehicle emissions and reduce the city’s gasoline and diesel use.
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Wind Energy Gets A Lift In New Report
Two decades from now Americans could get as much electricity from windmills as from nuclear power plants, according to a government report that lays out a possible plan for wind energy growth.
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A Greener Future for Michigan
Michigan’s top green energy experts and innovators expressed a mixture of immediate frustration and long-term optimism about the future of the renewable power industry, during Embracing A Green Michigan - Carbon Culture At The Crossroads.
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RKA First In Nation To Biodiesel Certification
Romulus-based RKA Petroleum said Monday that it's the first company in North America to become "marketer certified" under the BQ-9000 certification, including multiple feedstock based biodiesel.
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Dexter's ReCellular Offers Phone Recycling Tips...
Americans discard on average 40,000 cell phones every day -- or 150 million phones a year. To turn around a society so accustomed to consuming and discarding, Dexter-based ReCelluar is encouraging everyone to "Go Green" and recycle these retired cell phones instead of just pitching them.
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Light Rail Could Be Reality
The development of a Detroit Light Rail System along Woodward Avenue from downtown to 8 Mile Road is moving into the preliminary engineering phase.
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Survey: Green Computing Cuts Costs
These days, chances are good that your company has a recycling program. But, more than likely, your data center is a bigger energy hog than ithas to be.
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DTE Offers Land For Food, Biofuel Planting
A DTE Energy/Gleaners Community Food Bank partnership will result in the food bank using buffer land surrounding some electric facilities to grow vegetables to help fight hunger in Southeastern Michigan.
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Ford: Near-Term Tech Can Boost MPG 20%
Ford Motor Co. says near-term technological advances can boost fuel economy by up to 20 percent.
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New MSU Study Puts Value On 'Green Infrastructure'
The Land Policy Institute at Michigan State University released its final report on green infrastructure in Michigan, summarizing the results of three recently completed studies related to natural resource valuation, natural resource impact analysisand natural resource conservation funding, shows the significant value of water resources and green infrastructure.
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Study: Michiganders Willing To Pay More For Green Power
Three out of four residents in the auto industry-dominated state of Michigan would be willing to pay for ways to increase the role of renewable energy sources, a new University of Michigan survey says.
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Wireless Source joins e-recycling consortium
Bloomfield Hills-based Wireless Source is part of a three-company consortium behind a new Web site for electronics recycling, MyBoneYard, as well as a new, secure phone recycling program.
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Green technology, automotive, induustry; alternative fuels and energy; environment and experts.
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Green Roof-tops - 5/6
WWJ's Pat Sweeting speaks with Cass Tech students and a teacher about how roof-top gardens are becoming an important part of architectural design.
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Green Michigan - Joan Rose 4/23
WWJ's Jayne Bower talks with Joan Rose, Laboratory Director/Principal Investigator of The Environmental Microbiology Laboratory at Michigan State University.
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Green Michigan Conference - Part 3
WWJ's Beth Fisher speakes with experts on the 2nd panel from Embracing A Green Michigan - Carbon Culture At The Crossroads, a half-day conference highlighting the work that's being done in Michigan to develop new technologies and new thinking about theenv
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Green Michigan Conference - Part 2
WWJ presents Embracing A Green Michigan - Carbon Culture At The Crossroads, a half-day conference highlighting the work that's being done in Michigan to develop new technologies and new thinking about the environment.
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Green Michigan Conference - Part 1
WWJ presents Embracing A Green Michigan - Carbon Culture At The Crossroads, a half-day conference highlighting the work that's being done in Michigan to develop new technologies and new thinking about the environment.
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Recycle Detroit - 4/22
An envrironmental student at Wayne State University talks about ways to help the environment and conserve energy resources.
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