When Jennifer Alvarado of the Great Lakes Renewable Energy Association (GLREA) contacted Varnum Partner Bruce Goodman for recommendations of a good restaurant to hold its West Michigan chapter meeting, Goodman suggested the Varnum offices instead... [read more]

National environmental groups asked residents to contact their congressmen about the Enbridge Inc. oil spill at a forum Monday night... [read more]

When the Province of Ontario put a moratorium on offshore wind farms in the Great Lakes in November 2006, the Ministry of Natural Resources, responsible for releasing Crown Land to renewable energy development, attributed the decision to a lack of information about the technology and its potential environmental impacts... [read more]

In his last State of the Union address President Obama challenged the United States to make 80% of its energy clean by 2035. If this goal appears ambitious, it is worth reviewing the plan recently published by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) which calls for 100% renweable energy globally by 2050... [read more]

Garden State Offshore Energy is thinking about nearly tripling the size of its proposed offshore wind farm project, a decision that would mean building 1,000 megawatts of generating capacity more than 16 miles off the coast of Atlantic and Cape May counties... [read more]

Owners who install certain alternative energy systems in their businesses and homes would qualify for tax rebates under a $10 million package of incentives proposed Wednesday by Democrats in the Iowa Legislature... [read more]

Consumers Energy and Detroit Edison will invest $800 million over six years to upgrade and lengthen the life of the Ludington Pumped Storage Facility... [read more]

Michigan utilities are adding to their wind and solar portfolios as they strive to meet the state's mandate to generate 10 percent of their electricity from renewable sources by 2015... [read more]

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Wind Powering America has presented Wind Power Pioneer awards to publically owned utilities, Wind Cooperative of the Year awards to cooperatives, Carpe Ventem (Seize the Wind) awards for the first utility-scale wind projects in a state, and Advocacy awards. [read more]

Michigan's crude oil production dropped over the past quarter-century while demand and production of renewable energy grew, U.S. Energy Department data shows... [read more]

Michigan's crude oil production dropped during the past quarter-century while renewable energy demand and production grew, U.S. Energy Department data show... [read more]

Michigan's crude oil production dropped over the past quarter-century while demand and production of renewable energy grew, U.S. Energy Department data shows.... [read more]

Gov. Jennifer Granholm gave the keynote address at this year's wind energy conference and took the opportunity to announce... [read more]

The first regional Wind Energy Conference, sponsored by the Great Lakes Renewable Energy Association (www.glrea.org) took place at the Cobo Center in Detroit April 20 & 21st. Bringing together for the first time under one roof, the major players from government, utilities, universities, and private enterprise everyone had a chance to focus on what the experts had to say about the state of the art in wind energy production and the role it will play in the transformation of Michigan's economy.

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Without a proper connection, wind energy in Michigan may be a moot point. That was the sobering message given Tuesday by the head of the state's electrical... [read more]

The Great Lakes Renewable Energy Association (GLREA) today recognized Governor Jennifer M. Granholm with its first Leadership in Renewable Energy Award in recognition... [read more]

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When it comes to alternative energy, wind energy is seen as Michigan's most promising avenue. It could mean everything from cheap, sustainable energy to new manufacturing jobs to... [read more]

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The Great Lakes Renewable Energy Association has chosen the Rock Financial Showplace in Novi as the location for the fifth annual Michigan Energy Fair, taking place June 25 through 27. "I am very excited to hold our largest event of the year at Rock Financial Showplace and... [read more]

The Great Lakes Renewable Energy Association will host the 2010 Michigan Wind Energy Conference at Cobo Center in Detroit on April 20 and 21. Jennifer Alvarado, executive director of GLREA, said the aim of the conference is to... [read more]

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Manufacturing is the backbone of Michigan's economy, so it's not surprising that the renewables manufacturing sector took root here long before the state became interested in reducing its fossel fuel use. Hemlock Semiconductor Corp. (hscpoly.com) and United... [read more]

The Michigan Wind Working Group, headed by John Sarver, Michigan Department of Energy, Labor & Economic Growth, was recognized by the U.S. Department of Energy's Wind Powering America program in Chicago last week at their annual state summit meeting.... [read more]

Bolstered by concerns that existing wind energy technology isn't sufficient to meet renewable energy needs, two Ann Arbor startup companies are developing new solutions that could turn wind into a dramatically more viable energy option... [read more]

Did you see the sunrise this morning? Me either. It's one of those leaden West Michigan February mornings, with lake effect snow falling, obscuring all.... [read more]

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At one time, what was good for the environment was viewed to be bad for business. Today, however, Michigan companies tied to renewable energy are expanding and hiring while traditional manufacturing businesses... [read more]

The deadline for a final report on a comprehensive energy plan for Michigan has been extended to the end of the month. In May, members of state Sen. Bruce Patterson's Technology and Energy Committee... [read more]

In Fall 2002, a group of organizations interested in wind energy in Michigan began meeting. The group includes wind developers, utilities, Michigan Bureau of Energy Systems, Michigan Public Service Commission... [read more]