Great Lakes Energy News – May 2012
GLREA News
Wind manufacturing is super competitive. Come see how a Michigan company, Astraeus, is reducing the cost of wind components. Their initial focus is on machining of hubs and reducing the machining time from 30 to 6 hours.More

First… I’d like to recognize John Carlos of Greeningdetroit.com for a special award that we received together last week at Davenport University in Grand Rapids Michigan. It was an honor to share the stage with John and be recognized as one of the 101 Best and Brightest Sustainable Companies in Michigan by Corp Magazine, The Grand Rapids Press, and Davenport University.
Our Customer Appreciation Day this year will be Sunday, July 29th.
The Michigan Economic Development Corporation announced that the Michigan Strategic Fund will provide a $1.5 million Michigan Business Development Program incentive to Sakthi Automotive Group for the establishment of a new facility in Detroit, a project that will generate up to $18.6 million in new private investment and add up to 183 new jobs.
RecoveryPark, a multimillion dollar planned community redevelopment tied to food system development, production and aquaculture systems, has been awarded a $1 million grant from the Fred A. & Barbara Erb Family Foundation.
When you give blood through the American Red Cross, you’re giving someone “hope.” It’s hard to imagine a more perfect gift than the gift of life…
Put on your walking shoes and join Wayne County Executive Robert Ficano and hundreds of others, 8 a.m. this Saturday, April 28, at Nankin Mills in Hines Park for the 42nd annual March of Dimes’ March for Babies.
President Obama announced new funding to catalyze breakthrough technologies for two key alternative fuels – natural gas and biofuels – as part of his all-of-the-above energy strategy to reduce our reliance on foreign oil and provide American families new choices for vehicles that do not rely on conventional gasoline.
Join Michigan’s energy efficiency innovators, entrepreneurs, manufacturers and more in a lunchtime dialogue about how energy efficiency manufacturing is driving economic growth and creating jobs right here in Michigan.
I recently had a chance to catch up with John Sarver. John became the executive director of the Great Lakes Renewable Energy Association (GLREA) on March 1, 2012.