First wood-based biomass plant to restart in TX
NRG Energy Services LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of NRG Energy Inc., will restart the Aspen Power biomass plant in Lufkin, Texas, which has been shut down since fall 2012, as well as operate and maintain the facility once online to provide clean, renewable power for the Texas market. The plant, which first began operation in August 2011 as the first wood-based biomass power plant in the state, is overseen by InventivEnergy, a clean energy consulting and asset management firm.More
Macomb County is now home to a new healthy living festival as The Growing Up Green festival is held on July 26, 2014 at the Shelby Twp Packard Proving Grounds from 9am – 8pm.
The Michigan Small Business Development Center (MI-SBDC) recently awarded Automation Alley, Michigan’s largest technology business association, $15,000 from the Business Accelerator Fund (BAF) to provide accelerated entrepreneurial services to Ferndale-based tech firm Tome Inc.
Michigan has become a leader in skilled immigrant workforce integration, providing resources for legal foreign-trained individuals to obtain employment within their chosen profession. Snyder Administration Officials and Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan today attended the opening of an office in Detroit that will provide new Americans with face-to-face customized training to help them integrate into Michigan’s workforce. The new office is a continued partnership with Upwardly Global, a national, nonprofit organization that helps legal skilled immigrants and refugees rebuild their careers.
The Mobile Technology Association of Michigan (MTAM) is working with Crain’s Detroit Business to identify the largest mobile app developers in Michigan. 
Jefferson East, Inc. is humbled and honored to be named a a finalist in the Knights Art Challenge, a community-wide contest in its second year of funding arts and cultural projects that engage and enrich Detroit.
The results of a six month pilot program of an innovative public transit energy storage system (ESS) designed to transform the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transit Authority (SEPTA) from an inefficient energy consumer into both a smart consumer and producer of energy are in. 