http://www.renewablemichigan.com The blog for renewable energy in Michigan. Wed, 15 Oct 2008 12:49:48 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en This is encouraging news for renewable energy advocates in Michigan! United Solar Ovonic is expanding into Battle Creek and bringing jobs with them. Over time, they anticipate 300 to 700 new jobs for the area. They are looking to break ground in November so they can get to work. With ... http://www.renewablemichigan.com/2008/10/solar-company-coming-to-battle-creek-and-bringing-jobs/ I live in the 6th district and it was interesting to see the responses from the candidates in this article. Anyone that lives here knows that Upton will handily win re-election. Cooney is viewed as a fringe liberal by many. I had never heard of the other candidate, which I think ... http://www.renewablemichigan.com/2008/10/energy-debated-in-the-6th-district/ In just three months, the Pickens Plan Army has hit one million people! That is an amazing accomplishment and speaks volumes to the grassroots concern of our country regarding renewable energy. Look far and wide and I think you will see that the Pickens Plan is the only plan with enough ... http://www.renewablemichigan.com/2008/10/pickens-army-eclipses-1-million/ Here is a great blog post at mlive.com that talks about the conference in Kalamazoo. I am planning to be there and would like to meet any readers of this blog. If they have wireless, I plan to be blogging from the event as well. http://www.renewablemichigan.com/2008/10/sustainability-conference-in-kalamazoo-november-13-2008/ The Journal Newspapers website has an article that I highly recommend you read. It talks about legislation currently under consideration in Lansing that could have a long lasting positive effect on the renewable energy future of Michigan and create a lot of jobs. You can read the article here. http://www.renewablemichigan.com/2008/10/good-news-legislation-for-renewable-energy/ I love the UP. I really do. The people are nice, the accent is endearing, and they are thinking of the future when it comes to energy. The self-sufficient spirit there is admirable and inspiring. That is one of the reasons this article from TV6 caught my eye. It has some ... http://www.renewablemichigan.com/2008/10/michigan-ranked-14th-in-nation-for-wind-potential/ Many experts agree that the wind in the Great Lakes is a very promising source of energy for the region. Even though the title of this article is "Wind turbines in lake feasible, but energy cost could double", I think there is some promising news for renewable energy in Michigan ... http://www.renewablemichigan.com/2008/10/great-lakes-wind-energy-twice-the-cost/ Does this catch your eye like it did mine? "According to the company, there are some 30 billion square feet of flat roof space in the United States, just waiting to be covered. With that much space, Solyndra's tubes could generate enough power for more than 16 million homes." It comes from ... http://www.renewablemichigan.com/2008/10/new-solar-tube-debuts/ This is a well researched article about wind energy in the United States, including a decent map showing how many megawatts per state are being produced by wind energy. It also talks about the Pickens Plan and various success stories with wind energy. As of June 2008, it looks like Michigan ... http://www.renewablemichigan.com/2008/10/usa-global-wind-power-leader/ I am looking for like minded people in Kalamazoo County to get together and talk about the renewable/alternative energy options for Kalamazoo County. Please use the Contact Page to reach me. Thanks! http://www.renewablemichigan.com/2008/10/looking-for-group-kalamazoo-county/