Source: The Mining Journal
By JOHANNA BOYLE, Journal Staff Writer
December 16, 2008

ISHPEMING - The wind turbine that will power the Pioneer Bluffs Apartments is one step closer to the start of construction.

The bulk of the two truckloads of equipment, which included the long inner and outer shafts of the turbine, arrived in Ishpeming Monday.

"I'm hoping to assemble in January," said Bryan Zaplitny, CEO of MTI Energy Management, the downstate company which designed the turbine. "We're sticking with it," despite predicted cold temperatures.

When fully constructed, the turbine will stand 90 feet above the already-built tower and will feature an 85-foot sphere to house the turbine blades.

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Brighton, MI, November 24, 2008 -- Clean Green Energy, LLC (CGE) (www.cleangreenenergyllc.com) advances forward with the Nevada Renewable Energy at Schools Pilot Program at the Clark County School District (CCSD) in Las Vegas. 

A team of nine professionals engineering the project were in Las Vegas the week of November 17-21, 2008 and worked with CCSD facilities management, site engineering, and maintenance personnel.  During this first of a series of scheduled trips to Las Vegas, the goal was to select specific sites for integrated solutions to rising energy costs.  CCSD extended extraordinary cooperation to CGE professionals in supplying vital information necessary to facilitate a successful project.

Last year Michigan Technological University piloted a program in three Michigan high schools to give high school students a tantalizing taste of what real life is like working in science, technology, engineering or mathematics.

It was such a resounding success that the National Science Foundation has climbed aboard, awarding Michigan Tech $1.6 million to expand its High School Enterprise Program to eight high schools in cities and towns all over the state.

The program's goal is to motivate high school students to pursue education and careers in the STEM fields, to help provide the skilled, technologically savvy workforce that Michigan, the nation and world need.

Sterling Planet is pleased to announce that its partner, Solar Light for Africa (SLA), has earned the right to compete for as much as $1.5 million in funding from American Express. 

SLA is a semi-finalist in Members Project, the online initiative that invites American Express cardmembers to name the most worthy projects for funding.
 
With enough votes, SLA will provide 20,000 solar-powered lanterns to bring light to 100,000 people in rural, war-torn regions of Sierra Leone in West Africa.  As thanks for voting, Sterling Planet will give you 1,000 kWh of 100% new wind energy. That's an $18.50 value, enough Green-e Energy certified wind to power the typical home for a month.   

Posted: Tuesday, 08 July 2008 3:21PM

Rochester Hills-based Energy Conversion Devices Inc. (NASDAQ: ENER) said Tuesday that its Uni-Solar thin-film flexible solar laminates will power the world's largest rooftop solar power system.

The 12-megawatt system is being installed on GM's assembly plant in Zaragoza, Spain and will become operational in the fall of 2008. ECD will supply the solar laminates through its subsidiary United Solar Ovonic LLC.