Energy Highlights July 04, 2008
MMPEI In The News
1,000 New Solar Industry Jobs Forecast for Michigan
July 3 - Michigan's quietly budding solar energy industry could generate a thousand new jobs over the next five years, despite a recent federal decision to reassess the industry's impact on the environment, a state economic development expert said. Gary Was, director of the University of Michigan's Michigan Memorial Phoenix Energy Institute, said the environmental assessment is necessary.
University of Michigan Researcher Urges 'Energy Security'
June 26 - Ann Arbor Business Review's Nathan Bomey interviews MMPEI Director, Gary Was.
Michigan's Future Depends on Alternative Energy Development
June 26 - Michigan Business Review announces their third annual Innovation Event and outlines Southeast Michigan's role in alternative energy research and development.
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GM's Volt: Electro Shock Therapy
July
- When one of the world’s mightiest corporations throws everything it’s got at a project, and when it shreds its rule book in the process, the results are likely to be impressive. Still, even for General Motors, the Volt is a reach.
Citing Need for Assessments, U.S. Freezes Solar Energy Projects
June 27 -Faced with a surge in the number of proposed solar power plants, the federal government has placed a moratorium on new solar projects on public land until it studies their environmental impact, which is expected to take about two years. The Bureau of Land Management says an extensive environmental study is needed to determine how large solar plants might affect millions of acres it oversees in six Western states — Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico and Utah.
For an additional article on this subject from The Economist ....
The Future of Energy: The power and the glory
June 19 - The next technology boom may well be based on alternative energy, says Geoffrey Carr (interviewed here). But which sort to back?
