renewable energy

Consumers Energy plans to dramatically increase its use of solar energy by the year 2040.It's a big part of the utility's first long-term energy plan,…

Utility companies are shutting down some of their older, less efficient coal-burning power plants. To generate the electricity to replace those old…

Michigan's two largest utilities have struck a deal with the group Clean Energy, Healthy Michigan that will keep a renewable energy initiative off the…

A majority of Americans say the federal government isn’t doing enough to protect air and water quality.That’s the latest from a national Pew Research…

General Motors says a new wind farm being constructed in Ohio brings it one step closer to running all its facilities worldwide on 100% renewable energy.…

Stateside has been looking into changes to the Public Utility Regulatory Policy Act (PURPA). The federal act requires electric utility companies to buy…

DTE Energy says it will rely heavily on wind power double its renewable energy production by 2022.The state’s largest utility submitted its latest plans…

Tracy Samilton also spoke with Morning Edition host Doug Tribou about the issues surrounding the transition to natural gas. The President of the United…

Last year, the Trump administration announced it would withdraw the U.S. from the Paris climate agreement, and repeal the Clean Power Plan, or CPP. That’s…

Cypress Creek Renewables has been lining up farmland in Michigan for more than a year now.The object? Leases for enough land to install several hundred…