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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 …

Solar Power

Poll: Three in four Michiganders support community solar

LANSING—A new poll conducted for a solar energy lobbying group found that most Michiganders support the concept of community solar, with three out of four respondents favoring the concept, according …

Green Buildings / Solar Power / Utilities / Wind Energy

Bedrock in massive purchase of green energy from DTE

DETROIT—Bedrock, Detroit’s largest real-estate developer, today announced its continued commitment to reduce overall carbon emissions across its portfolio through an agreement with DTE Energy to acquire approximately 22 million kilowatt …

Solar Power / Utilities

Consumers Energy to purchase 140 megawatts of solar power

JACKSON—Officials at Consumers Energy have announced an agreement to purchase 140 megawatts of clean, renewable energy—enough to power about 70,000 homes—from the Calhoun Solar Center. Invenergy, a Chicago-based developer and …

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