solar panels

Proposal A on the city of Ann Arbor's ballot asks voters if they want to authorize a "Sustainable Energy Utility."

Today, we talk about the new Wayne County jail and the problems with the new site. Then, we hear why certain used EV owners are having a difficult time claiming the credit from the IRS. Later, the nuance in the battle of small Michigan towns and rural areas against renewable energy. Plus, the barriers faced by sickle cell anemia patients just looking to get basic care and pain management.

Today, changing our single-use lives. We’re finding out how Michigan is coping with changes in recycling… and what happens to stuff you throw in the bin. Then, interpreting the top-of-mind issues during the Republican National Convention this week. Plus, the co-creator of FOUND magazine takes his show on the road.

Floating solar panels are somewhat new in the U.S. In some places, the competition for land makes putting solar panel on plastic rafts feasible.

The study defines the value as a combination of electricity bill savings, plus money earned from selling excess electricity to the grid.

The changes at MSU a year after a campus shooting, the pros and cons of large solar projects in Detroit neighborhoods and navigating the back and forth between couples regarding their finances.

Efforts to expand state hate crime law to include more protected classes, a national video series between academics and artists/creatives discussing Black operatives along the underground railroad, Ann Arbor flooding, and the afterlives of solar panels.

Oxford School shooter could serve life without parole, the Moth story slam does porch pop-ups, a great Detroit Tiger player with a bad legacy, sheep helping solar fields and a conversation with a Southwest Detroit muralist.

Only 1.02% of Michigan's in-state electricity generation comes from solar. Most surrounding states have more and are projected to continue to outpace Michigan.

Despite the pandemic, it’s been a good year for small-scale solar developers in the state.“We've been super busy. This is the busiest year we've ever…