MIDLAND — A rare look inside Dow Chemical’s pilot Powerhouse Solar Shingle plant gave a glimpse of the solar industry’s future. On Monday, local media was invited to tour the Midland plant and watch the new solar shingles come off the line (see a full gallery of photos). We saw massive machines mold the power-generating…
State and Great Lakes Bay Region economic development officials are hoping they can outshine the competition in bringing what’s expected to be the country’s largest solar panel factory to Michigan. General Electric Co. last week announced plans to make its new, thin solar panels at a new U.S. factory that will be larger than any…
BEECHER, Michigan — A local church has signed on to the Beecher Solar City project, with plans to install solar panels on its gym this spring. New Jerusalem Missionary Baptist Church, 1035 E. Carpenter Road, and King’s Karate, 5339 N. Saginaw Road, will be be the first buildings to install the panels. Several solar energy…
A company that develops solar-power technology near Albion plans to create nearly 200 jobs in the next five years, following approval of a state tax credit this week. Patriot Solar Group President and CEO Jeff Mathie said the time frame could accelerate and the number of jobs could double if it wins a Detroit Edison…
With 6,300, Michigan has the fourth-largest number of solar energy jobs in the country, according to the National Solar Jobs Census from the Solar Foundation, a research organization. Only California, Pennsylvania and Texas had more solar jobs. Nationwide, 93,000 Americans work in the solar energy sector. Interestingly, Michigan’s has far fewer solar energy businesses than…
| M | T | W | T | F | S | S |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| « Feb | ||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||
| 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 |
| 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 |
| 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 |
| 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | ||
© Paradigm Design| top
