transportation
Minnesota looks to electric vehicles, biofuels to cut transportation emissions
Critics say a recent report on decarbonizing transportation understates the importance of reducing driving.
Midwest
Consumers Energy
Michigan utility pledges net-zero methane emissions from gas delivery system
Consumers Energy will target methane leaks in its system and buy renewable natural gas to offset what it can’t plug.
News
Whither biomass? Michigan wood-fired power plants face uncertain future
Without policy support, plant operators in Michigan say they can’t compete with wind, solar and natural gas.
clean energy jobs
Military experience provides natural transition to clean energy careers, veterans say
Some veterans are on a new mission to bring more of their colleagues into the clean energy workforce.
transportation
In Kansas, federal money helps make the case to test electric transit buses
Wichita, Kansas, next month will become the state’s first city to roll out electric buses, with Topeka on track to follow it.
Illinois
ComEd looks to blockchain as tool to manage an increasingly complex grid
The Illinois utility has partnered with a California company called Xage to test out its blockchain-based software.