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Michigan GREEN Awarded $500,000 Grant by MPSC
Dec 14th, 2007
The Michigan Public Service Commission (MPSC) has awarded Michigan GREEN (Group for a Renewable Energy Efficient Nation) a $500,000 grant from its Low-Income Energy Efficiency Fund to organize, implement, and complete a low-income energy efficiency project.
This Michigan GREEN grant will fund the purchase and distribution of energy saving kits to low-income multifamily facilities throughout... | Historic Renovation for Michigan GREEN Building
The historic renovation has begun at 1215 Ludington Street in Escanaba, which will house the home office of Michigan GREEN when completed. The 100-year old structure, to be known as the Michigan GREEN Building, has undergone façade repairs to make it weathertight, replacement of first floor windows and doors, and a new coat of paint utilizing a color scheme reflecting the historic era of the... | Governor Granholm Takes Actions to Address Climate Change, Global Warming in MI
Governor says addressing environmental challenges can provide economic opportunity
Nov, 14 2007
LANSING - Governor Jennifer M. Granholm today took a number of actions designed to both mitigate the impact of global climate change in Michigan and capitalize on the economic opportunity that addressing those changes will present for the state.
By executive order, Granholm created a Michigan Climate... | Michigan Green Board Member is Honored by National Geographic Society
Kathryn Russell, a Michigan GREEN board member and fifth grade teacher at Graveraet Intermediate School in Marquette, was recently named one of two inaugural recipients of the Grosvenor Teacher Fellowship, named in honor of National Geographic Society Chairman Gilbert M. Grosvenor's lifetime commitment to geography education. As part of her award, she will travel on a 10-day (Nov.... | MUNICIPAL SERVICES GROUP, INC ANNOUNCES SPECIAL MICHIGAN GREEN PORTFOLIO ALLOCAT
With a major focus on viable energy improvement projects for the State of Michigan, MSG has created the Michigan Green Fund - $45M exclusively to finance energy projects and green technology for municipal entities such as cities, counties, school districts, special districts, and all other governmental agencies statewide This special allocation will enable qualified entities within the state to finance... |
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Michigan Green Mission Statement
Michigan Green is a group of energy companies together with energy consultants, government agencies, schools, colleges, and universities that have joined forces to champion the cause of renewable energy and energy efficiency in Michigan and throughout the Nation.
Our Mission
Michigan GREEN (Group for a Renewable Energy Efficient Nation) is a non-profit corporation committed to: 1) advancing the installation and implementation of energy efficiency and renewable energy technologies; 2) educational programming and resource sharing that increases the awareness and understanding of energy efficiency and renewable energy technologies and promotes the use of energy conservation measures in residential, commercial, and industrial settings; and 3) providing access to financial institutions and services that facilitate funding opportunities for energy related projects.
As responsible stewards of the earth, we continue to strive for the greening of our planet! |
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| Letters from Readers - July 7, 2008 |
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 July 3, 2008
Below are a few letters we received on topics that appeared in the past few weeks. They capture the essence of how many readers say they feel. |
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Posted by webmaster on Thursday, July 03, 2008 @ 11:08:29 EDT (14 reads)(Read More... | 31717 bytes more | Score: 0) |
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 July 2, 2008
Utilities are now in the heat of battle. While they would like to maximize their sales, they must now persuade their customers to save energy. It's a quest that will help defer investments in expensive and contentious infrastructure and in doing so, prevent the release of some harmful emissions.
Instead of investing millions in power plants to meet the 100 or so hours a year when energy demand is highest, utilities are turning to their customers to reduce energy usage during these peak hours. Demand response is giving commercial and industrial concerns more insight into the energy that their facilities consume. By knowing this, they can consume power during those times that are most favorable to the utilities' rate structure. |
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Posted by webmaster on Wednesday, July 02, 2008 @ 09:14:42 EDT (13 reads)(Read More... | 7522 bytes more | Score: 0) |
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| Energy Efficiency Boom Makes Big Impact |
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Energy Efficiency Boom Makes Big Impact on U.S. Efficiency and Creates Jobs, But Remains a Relatively Untapped Resource
It's the U.S. energy boom that no one knows about: Energy efficiency may be the farthest-reaching, least-polluting, and fastest-growing energy success story of the last 50 years. But it also is the most invisible, the least understood, and in serious danger of missing out on needed future investments.
In the first attempt to quantify the overall impact of the hidden U.S. energy efficiency boom, a major new report from the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE) shows that U.S. energy consumption (as measured per dollar of economic output) will have been slashed by the end of 2008 to half of what it was in 1970. |
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Posted by webmaster on Tuesday, July 01, 2008 @ 12:48:18 EDT (18 reads)(Read More... | 9629 bytes more | Score: 0) |
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| Cleaning the Transmission Process |
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June 30, 2008
Things are adrift in places around the country. In the Northeast, for example, the states all have renewable portfolio standards while they also participate in a regional greenhouse gas initiative, all of which is meant to cleanse the air and cut global warming pollutants. The dilemma there and elsewhere is that the transmission line permitting process is tumultuous and impedes those goals.
Transmission limitations, in fact, are a major barrier to the growth of renewable energy. The process is meant to be inclusive and to elicit the views of all stakeholders. Regulators should strive for reasonable compromises. But if such deals cannot be reached, then they must seek to achieve the greatest good for the greatest number. Transmission planning requires it. And so does the federal law.
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Posted by webmaster on Monday, June 30, 2008 @ 09:56:58 EDT (21 reads)(Read More... | 7344 bytes more | Score: 0) |
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 June 27, 2008
Talk of the graying utility workforce is starting to get old. Now the language is focused more on pending opportunities -- the need to fill futuristic energy jobs.
It's a critical period in the utility sector. Investment in infrastructure and new technologies has been lagging but is expected to catapult in the coming years. That type of capital influx is now increasingly driven by environmental regulations, necessitating the development of clean generation and smart grid technologies that create energy efficiencies. But labor shortages are looming that could lead to project delays. |
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Posted by webmaster on Friday, June 27, 2008 @ 09:37:03 EDT (32 reads)(Read More... | 7898 bytes more | Score: 0) |
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