As state legislators and the governor grapple with alternative energy policies governing such technologies as wind turbines, no doubt local officials also will...
Community Energy Project Grants will be available to non-profit and public organizations to conduct community education projects in Michigan related to...
After turning on a temporary basis, a Calvin College wind turbine is becoming a permanent fixture in the Kentwood community. Kentwood's Zoning Board of Appeals...
A leading wind energy association blew off the House-passed energy package Tuesday, saying the legislation would actually put $2 billion in new investment in...
The rumors have blown in the wind for several years -- that green power companies were eyeing rich farmland known as the Ridge in Kent and Ottawa counties for...
The Michigan Public Service Commission last week issued an order approving nearly $6.5 million in Michigan energy efficiency grants for all customer classes to...
By Dan Sullivan The instructor who would spend the next eight hours teaching us about wind energy had each of us make a fist and imagine a lump of coal about...
In the quest to find alternative energy sources, wind power has generated a lot of discussion. After all, what could be more environmentally friendly than...
Local residents seek out alternative energy options By Jessica Yettaw Harbor Light Newspaper With continually rising gas and energy prices, the threat of...
NORWOOD TOWNSHIP — It's still in the preliminary stages…but a northern Michigan power company is researching a Charlevoix County community as the possible...
The newest Michigan electrical code includes alternative energy components, such as fuel cells and photovoltaic systems, and electricians must pass an approved...
Now the libertarian Mackinac Center is weighing in against a proposal to mandate alternative energy use by Michigan utilities, while essentially remonopolizing...
As an alternative energy source, wind power is riding a wave of interest throughout Washtenaw County. The county recently erected a meteorological pole in...
The answer to rising energy costs may just be blowing in the wind. As the nation continues to look toward cleaner and more renewable energy sources to fuel...
The Harvest Wind Farm near Elkton is to receive a ''Seize the Wind'' award from the U.S. Department of Energy on Friday. Phil Dougherty, national director of...
By Rich Vander Veen Special To The Press The Michigan House of Representatives recently passed what it called a renewable energy plan. Twenty six states have...
Whenever the Senate energy committee in Lansing meets, the place is packed. Utilities, customers supporting "green" and renewable energy legislation,...
May 28, 2008 by Chad D. Lerch in Muskegon Chronicle A draft ordinance that would allow wind turbines for energy production is one step closer to getting the...
WindConnect has completed construction of the Harvest Wind Farm, located on 3,200 acres in Huron County, Michigan. Harvest is the first utility-scale wind...
Forum focuses on zoning innovation to promote wind power By: Deborah Johnson Wood As the possibilities for harnessing wind energy as a viable renewable energy...
Lansing lawmakers face a critical decision: Should Michigan restore the monopoly that the state's dominant energy companies — Consumers Energy and Detroit...
A Bloomfield Hills investor hopes to erect electricity-generating wind turbines on a tract of Monroe Township farmland, but is worried he might have trouble...
Governor Granholm is scheduled to speak at the Michigan Energy Fair on Friday, June 27 at 2:30. The Energy Fair will be back for its third year on June 27-29...
The next meeting of the Michigan Wind Working Group will be at the Michigan Energy Fair on Friday, June 27, 5:00-5:50 in the Pavilion. We will have updates on...
A Scio Township remodeling company will install Washtenaw County's first wind turbine on Wednesday, kicking off its marketing of turbines for individual homes....
With plans to develop wind turbines on 40,000 acres in Michigan's Thumb region, Detroit Edison is at ground zero in the debate over how to grow renewable...
More companies, individuals and government officials are seeking energy and fuel alternatives as prices continue to rise. Close to 400 people attended a...
BANGOR, Mich. - Maynard Kaufman always has been a step ahead of the environmental movement. He was a generation ahead of today's organic movement, growing...
There's interest in wind energy in St. Joseph County. That seems a reasonable conclusion after the "Wind Energy Program" event on June 16 at Glen Oaks...
Michigan would need to get 7 percent of its energy from environmentally friendly sources by 2015 under a Senate energy reform package pushed out of the upper...
