General Motors is continuing its slow but steady push to improve the energy efficiency of its operations and increase its use of renewable energy. This week, the vehicle manufacturer announced that work began on a large photovoltaic (PV) solar energy system at its Detroit-Hamtramck plant in southeastern Michigan, via Osha Gray Davidson. At 516-kilowatts (kW) [...]

Michigan residents who are customers of DTE Energy have in recent years enjoyed one of the best solar power rebate programs in the country… until now. The Michigan utility today announced that its popular SolarCurrents rebate program has become fully subscribed. “The SolarCurrents program demonstrated that financial incentives can spur significant growth and interest in [...]

Ford Motor Company’s manufacturing plant in Wayne, Michigan will soon be home to the state’s largest solar energy systems. Later this year, Ford, Detroit Edison and Xtreme Power of Austin, Texas will begin constructing a 500-kilowatt (kW) solar photovoltaic (PV) energy system at the plant.

The net-zero energy home, called “Vision Zero,” is located in Bay City, Michigan and is part of Michigan and Dow Chemcal’s committment to helping the United States become more energy independent. Vision Zero will go a long way toward that goal by saving money on energy costs and decreasing Michigan’s carbon footprint. The home is expected to prevent 44,855 lbs. of CO2 annually while slashing yearly energy costs by $3,507.

An unlikely location in the Midwest is setting up to be a locus of solar activity: Detroit, Michigan, former world auto industry capital as famed for its Model-Ts as it was for its smoke-belching factories, is also at the center of a pilot solar incentive program offered by utility company DTE Energy Co. through its [...]

Hot on the heels of President Barack Obama’s $2.3 billion Recovery Act Advanced Energy Manufacturing Tax Credits for spurring renewable energy development and clean-energy jobs arrives news, courtesy of the Arizona Republic, detailing how Arizona will be among the many states to benefit from the initiative. Six solar power equipment companies in Arizona’s Phoenix metro area, for [...]

Following closely on the heels of Evergreen’s decision to outsource to China, a quartet of legislators representing three different states and both sides of the political spectrum introduced earlier this week a bill intended to bolster solar manufacturing jobs in the United States. A bipartisan piece of legislation supported by the Solar Energy Industries Association, [...]

Michigan solar gets a boost from their newly-launched solar feed-in tariff, a program of Consumers Energy.