Comments on: Renewables Now Cheaper than Coal in Michigan, Could Be $5-Billion Industry

By: Marcacci Communications

Marcacci Communications — Thu, 22 Nov 2012 14:41:51 +0000

[…] Independent economists have estimated a 25 percent RES in Michigan will create $10 billion in new investment and more than 56,000 jobs – on top of the existing 20,500 jobs and $5 billion in economic activity already supported by the state’s clean energy industry. State analysts estimate the current RPS has spurred $100 million in economic activity and made newrenewables cheaper than coal generation. […]

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Mon, 18 Jun 2012 21:23:00 +0000

[…] Validating the cost effectiveness of clean energy, the Michigan Public Service Commission has determine that wind energy in Michigan costs about 40% less t… […]

By: Zachary Shahan

Zachary Shahan — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 18:13:00 +0000

Study is talking about new coal. And existing plant just has the fuel and operation to pay for, for the most part. But new production is a diff story.

By: James Van Damme

James Van Damme — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 17:26:00 +0000

Awful lot of water going down the St. Clair river, doing nothing.

By: T_

T_ — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 10:58:00 +0000

Becouse you have to have constant wind blowing or sun shining 24/7, which is obviously not possible. And there are not enough ways to store the produced energy for the periods when the sun is not shinig/wind blowing. So, for now we need the old infrastructure, becouse the new one cannot do the job. But it is catching up fast and this is very nice! :-)))

By: curly4

curly4 — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 15:31:00 +0000

So why don’t Michigan shut down the old technology and use only this new technology? It looks like it would be cheaper and save the customers money or they could charge the same price and the state could take the difference to balance its budget.

By: Green News Roundup: Wednesday, February 29th, 2012

Green News Roundup: Wednesday, February 29th, 2012 — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 14:02:15 +0000

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