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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>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>
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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>
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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>
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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>
				<category><![CDATA[Watt's New? Michigan Energy News]]></category>
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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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		<title>Biofuel Catalyst Technology Funded</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Dec 2011 21:59:04 +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 NextCAT, Inc, a Wayne State University startup company, has received a Phase II Small Business Innovation Research Award of $498,830 from the National Science Foundation. The goal of the company is to commercialize a catalyst that will cost effectively convert waste vegetable oil, animal fats, and residual corn oil into [...]]]></description>
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		<title>West Michigan as Energy Hub</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Nov 2011 14:58:20 +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 Veolia Energy intends on using its investment in the Grand Rapids steam loop as a platform for other energy projects in the Great Lakes. It already monitors and manages a landfill gas project in Wisconsin from its downtown Grand Rapids control room. Now the company is pursuing coal or gasified [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Potential for Solar Optical Battery</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Nov 2011 14:23:37 +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 Varnum&#8217;s Battery Law Industry Group Building on research that has found a way to amplify the magnetic effect of light waves millions of times, researchers at The University of Michigan hope to generate electricity from sunlight without semiconductors or photovoltaic panels. The researchers call the charge separation phenomenon an “optical battery.”  The Department of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>State Senate Hearing to Evaluate RPS</title>
		<link>http://www.varnumblogs.com/energy/2011/state-senate-hearing-to-evaluate-rps/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=state-senate-hearing-to-evaluate-rps</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Nov 2011 12:55:44 +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   State Senator Mike Nofs has commenced Energy and Technology Committee hearings on Public Act 295 of 2008. This statute, The Clean, Renewable, and Efficient Energy Act, set the renewable portfolio standard for Michigan at 10 percent by 2015. On October 4 testimony was presented by Consumers Energy, DSF Corporation, Michigan [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Biomass Plant for Sale</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Nov 2011 11:31:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bruce Goodman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Bruce Goodman, Energy Lawyer   Cliffs Natural Resources Inc. is selling its Renewafuel operations near Marquette and returning its $500,000 Community Development Block Grant to Marquette County. The plant has been up and running, producing high-energy, low emission biofuel cubes from wood and agricultural feed stocks designed to help meet renewable portfolio standards and/or air [...]]]></description>
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