Dow Kokam breaks ground on advanced battery manufacturing plant for hybrid, electric vehicles

Vice President Joe Biden and Gov. Jennifer Granholm join Dow Kokam in celebrating alternative energy future for Michigan and automotive industry

Ravi Shanker, Dow Kokam’s CEO was joined by Vice President Joe Biden, Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm and other dignitaries at the June 21 groundbreaking ceremony to commemorate construction of Dow Kokam’s new advanced, large-format battery [...]

SVSU offers green training programs

Saginaw Valley State University recently launched several green training programs in partnership with Everblue Training Institute. The programs are delivered by some of the country’s leading green training professionals.
LEED Green Associate Exam Course
Developed by the U.S. Green Building Council, LEED is the most distinguished and widely accepted environmental design and green building certification. The LEED [...]

Granholm kicks off Automotive X PRIZE On-Track Competition in Michigan

Michigan chosen as testing ground for next-generation green vehicles
Gov. Jennifer M. Granholm recently joined state and federal officials and business leaders at the State Capitol to kick off the Michigan-hosted testing phase of the Automotive X PRIZE competition, a competition that pits some of the world’s most fuel-efficient vehicles against one another in a quest [...]

Dow eyes Midland for solar shingle production plant

The Dow Chemical Co. announced earlier this month that Midland has been identified as the preferred site for the first full-scale production facility for its Dow Powerhouse Solar Shingle, subject to finalizing local, state and federal funding. In her final State of the State address, Gov. Jennifer Granholm spoke of the site selection, which could [...]

Michigan Renewable Schools Program trains students for ‘green’ jobs

Energy Works has partnered with the following Michigan institutions that offer green jobs training: Ferris State University, Michigan Technological University, Montcalm Community College, M-TEC at Bay College, Muskegon Community College, and Northwestern Michigan College. Energy Works will award grant funds totaling $60,000 to the institutions for program development, including the purchase of equipment for training, to [...]

MidMichigan Medical Center goes green for expansion and renovation

Long before the groundbreaking late in 2007, energy efficiency and environmental sustainability were in the plans for the $115-million expansion and renovation now under construction at MidMichigan Medical Center–Midland.
As work progresses on the 280,000-square-foot project, containing new operating rooms, private patient rooms, and a new atrium style entrance and lobby, systems now being installed will [...]

Mid-Michigan looks to renewable energy to power out of economic slump

by Theresa Roach, Vision Mid Michigan

Mid-Michigan has the potential to become a world leader in producing renewable energy sources, according to a recent report. And local leaders in business, government and education are already latching onto that potential as a way to right the economy.
Research conducted by Western Carolina University’s Institute for the Economy and the Future found that mid-Michigan [...]