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LTU, UM develop ‘roadmap’ of Michigan’s clean energy assets

LANSING–A grant of nearly $300,000 to Lawrence Technological University’s Centrepolis Accelerator and another grant of nearly $112,000 to the University of Michigan’s Economic Growth Institute has produced a new online …

Battery Technology / Electric Vehicles / Hybrid Electric Vehicles / Solar Power

Spruce Power exits hybrid, EV business to concentrate on solar power

WIXOM—Spruce Power Holding Corp. (NYSE: SPRU) has announced final plans to exit its legacy business in fleet electric and hybrid vehicle powertrain development to concentrate on solar energy operations. In …

Electric Vehicles / Fleet Vehicles / Solar Power

XL Fleet acquires solar provider Spruce Power.

WIXOM–Officials at XL Fleet Corp. (NYSE: XL) announced what they called a transformational acquisiton of Spruce Power, the nation’s largest privately held solar-energy-as-a-service provider. The price was $58 million in …

Agricultural Industry / Solar Power / Sustainability

Sustainable business group sets webinar on ‘agrivoltaics’

GRAND RAPIDS—The Michigan Sustainable Business Forum is hosting a webinar to introduce the state to agrovoltaics, the planting of food crops, pollinator habitats, and other vegetation underneath photovoltaic solar panels. …

Solar Power / Utilities

Consumers Energy to add three solar farms, 375 megawatts of power

JACKSON—Consumers Energy, the Jackson-based electric and gas utility, announced agreements to add almost 400 megawatts of clean energy—enough to power nearly 190,000 homes—from three Michigan solar projects in southern central …

Solar Power / Utilities

Wolverine Power Co-op in deal for 150-megawatt solar array

BOISE, Idaho—Officials of the Idaho-based solar farm developer Clēnera LLC and Cadillac-based Wolverine Power Cooperative announced a 20-year power purchase agreement (PPA) between Wolverine and Clēnera’s affiliate, Gemstone Solar LLC. …

Green Technology / Solar Power / University Research / Wind Energy

LTU’s Centrepolis Accelerator to lead Michigan Clean Energy Assets Roadmap program

SOUTHFIELD—A new map of the renewable energy industry in Michigan will be developed by the Centrepolis Accelerator at Lawrence Technological University under a $299,965.46 grant from the Michigan Department of …

Solar Power / Utilities

Three solar projects to add 104 megawatt-hours to Consumers Energy grid

SAN DIEGO—Officials at Borrego Solar Systems Inc., a developer of large-scale renewable energy projects, announced that AES Corp. (NYSE: AES), an Arlington, Va.-based energy generation and distribution company, had selected …

Solar Power / Utilities

Consumers Energy celebrates new solar power plant in Cadillac

CADILLAC—Officials of Consumers Energy, the state of Michigan, and the city of Cadillac this week held a formal dedication of the company’s third solar power plant, Cadillac Solar Gardens. Consumers …

Green Technology / Solar Power / Utilities / Wind Energy

Consumers Energy plans to stop all coal-fired generation by 2025

JACKSON—Officials at Consumers Energy have announced a proposal to stop using coal as a fuel source for electricity by 2025, 15 years faster than previously planned. The plan would make the company one of …

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