The recently renovated El Moore Lodge in Midtown Detroit has a lot to offer its guests: energy-efficient rooms, great location, and access to apartment residents familiar with the city.
The alternative energy startup GreenLancer watched its revenue jump 340 percent last year.
With a simple keyword search, the Detroit Green Map shows users interested in sustainable practices where to buy solar panels, where to recycle, where to volunteer, and more.
Tim Johnson, director of transportation initiatives at NextEnergy, argues that there is no better place to be than Detroit when it comes to developing the technologies that will make our cars, buildings, and cities smarter and more efficient.
Detroit Grease collects waste oil that is turned into either biodiesel fuel or feedstock. The company recently moved from Ann Arbor to Detroit's Recycle Here! complex.
Huron Capital Partners and its portfolio companies have made a dozen acquisition so far this year. Last year the number of acquisition only hit 14.
Haag describes 3030 as a craft consultancy that specializes in everything from energy efficiency to tax work for distilleries.
The firm, which is headquartered near City Airport, has secured work on a growing number of large projects throughout Detroit that have allowed it to hire 200-300 union electricians and another 25 office workers, bringing its administrative staff to at total of 145 people.
It's a brave new energy world in Michigan. Coal is on the way out while natural gas, wind and solar are on the way in. But the bigger question is who will generate electricity in the future -- traditional utilities, or individuals and communities?
Michigan may be facing electric generation capacity shortfalls as soon as 2016, according to a new report. What does that mean for the state and how can it be avoided?
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