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		<title>Solar Activity in Saginaw Bay Area</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 23:06:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bruce Goodman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Watt's New? Michigan Energy News]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Bruce Goodman, Energy Lawyer Suniva Inc. is looking for acceptable financing and favorable market conditions before committing to a 2013 start-up of its $250 million solar cell manufacturing facility in Thomas Township. To assist with financing, in December the Michigan Economic Development Authority authorized an $8.7 million tax credit and renewed a previously granted [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ballot Initiative on Alternative Energy Planned</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 02:54:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bruce Goodman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Watt's New? Michigan Energy News]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Bruce Goodman, Energy Lawyer A coalition of groups and companies is seeking to place a constitutional amendment before voters on November 3, 2012 to set Michigan’s energy policy. The proposed ballot language would require that by 2025 at least 25 percent of each electricity provider’s annual retail electricity sales be derived from clean renewable [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Good Things Come to Those Who Wait?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 23:47:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bruce Goodman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Watt's New? Michigan Energy News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[advanced energy storage systems]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Bruce Goodman, Energy Lawyer In May 2011, in front of 40 of Michigan’s top leaders in clean energy manufacturing, Governor Snyder presented the first Reinventing Michigan Award to Energetx Composites. Having waited impatiently for four months, this group of entrepreneurs (ready to unleash their economic gardening skills, resources, and innovation) asked the Governor for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pioneering Technology to be Used at Cellulosic Biobutanol Refinery</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jan 2012 22:37:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bruce Goodman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Watt's New? Michigan Energy News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[biobutanol]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Bruce Goodman, Energy Lawyer  Cobalt Technologies and American Process Inc. have agreed to build the world’s first industrial-scale cellulosic biorefinery to produce biobutanol in Alpena.  The continuous fermentation and distillation technology will convert cellulosic biomass feedstock into fermentable sugars that will be used to produce ethanol and biobutanol.  The biobutanol can be used &#8220;as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Demo Energy Crops Planted in Midland</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2012 16:48:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bruce Goodman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Growing Michigan - Michigan Agriculture News]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Bruce Goodman, Energy Lawyer  Dow Corning Corporation will soon have a bio-mass energy facility built at its Midland location which will  supply steam and up to 40 MW of electricity.  To be owned and operated by Midland Power Station, formerly Cirque Energy, the electricity and steam will be generated through the gasification of such feedstock [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Coal Plant(s) Off the Table</title>
		<link>http://www.varnumblogs.com/energy/2011/coal-plants-off-the-table/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=coal-plants-off-the-table</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Dec 2011 21:31:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bruce Goodman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Watt's New? Michigan Energy News]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Bruce Goodman, Energy Lawyer Consumers Energy has canceled the $2.3 billion 830 MW supercritical coal-fired power plant for which it had successfully obtained an air permit in late 2009. The recession and slow economic recovery which have reduced customer demand, a surplus in Midwest generating capacity, and low natural gas prices, were all given [...]]]></description>
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		<title>If I Ruled the World (or maybe just the State)</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Dec 2011 18:08:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bruce Goodman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Battery Currents - Advanced Energy Storage Systems News]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Bruce Goodman, Energy Lawyer Five elements to include in an energy policy for Michigan: BIOMASS ENERGY: Make use of the energy in biomass that is going to waste in this state. The BTU content of the “unused biomass” in the state of Michigan is enormous.  ENERGY EFFICIENCY/CONSERVATION: Make better use of our existing energy [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Update on Wind Farms in Michigan</title>
		<link>http://www.varnumblogs.com/energy/2011/update-on-wind-farms-in-michigan/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=update-on-wind-farms-in-michigan</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2011 14:56:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bruce Goodman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Watt's New? Michigan Energy News]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Bruce Goodman, Energy Lawyer Wind farm projects and plans are cropping up all around Michigan. The Gratiot County wind project commenced construction in September and is starting to give tours. The Muskegon County Board has just approved a proposed lease agreement that gives Muskegon Wind LLC, a partnership between Gamesa Energy USA and Scandia [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Spotlight on Chief Energy Policy Officer</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Dec 2011 12:54:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bruce Goodman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Watt's New? Michigan Energy News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[alternative energy]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Bruce Goodman, Energy Lawyer Valerie Brader, Governor Snyder&#8217;s new Chief Energy Policy Officer, has been on the job since September 12.  This week she has been moved from offices at the Michigan Economic Development Corporation to the Governor&#8217;s Office.  A Harvard Law School graduate, her energy experience includes clients in the advanced battery industry, non-profits [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lake Michigan Winds Being Measured</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2011 01:48:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bruce Goodman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Bruce Goodman, Energy Lawyer The Grand Valley State University Wind Sentinel wind data buoy was deployed to Lake Michigan from its initial Muskegon Lake location on November 4, and is now located four miles southwest of the Muskegon pierhead. With on-board power supplied by solar panels, a wind turbine, battery bank storage and a [...]]]></description>
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