Category: Michigan

  • Geronimo Energy starts construction on two Michigan solar projects (40 MW total)

    Geronimo Energy, a National Grid company, is starting construction activities for two Michigan solar projects expected to begin operations by the end of this year. The projects, Bingham Solar and Temperance Solar, are part of a solar portfolio called MiSolar Portfolio and are located in Clinton and Monroe counties, respectively. ForRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • McCarthy to hire 300+ workers to build Michigan’s largest solar farm

    McCarthy Building Companies Inc. says it plans to hire more than 200 craft workers and 100 general laborers for Ranger Power’s Assembly Solar Project in Michigan’s Hazelton and Venice townships. This will be Michigan’s largest solar farm once these 300+ workers get it completed. “The Assembly Solar Project will provideRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • Michigan Public Service Commission finalizes avoided cost rates for Consumers Energy

    The Michigan Public Service Commission (MPSC) issued a ruling finalizing the rates and standard contract terms that Consumers Energy Co., one of Michigan’s largest investor-owned utilities, must pay for energy and capacity from solar energy facilities and other independent power producers under the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act (PURPA). TheRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • Michigan solar market gains new level of certainty after commission ruling

    Progress continues to come in the Midwest solar industry. What many Midwest markets lack in higher, conducive rates, they are starting to gain in certainty. The Michigan Public Service Commission issued an order setting rates for renewable energy developers from Consumers Energy that will create the certainty necessary to spurRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • DTE Energy to start 750 kW project in Romulus, Michigan

    DTE Energy, the largest developer of solar energy projects in Michigan, has begun construction of an array in Romulus that will operate by the end of the year. The new facility on Citrin Drive near I-94 and Middlebelt Road will comprise more than 2,700 solar panels on property owned byRead More — Solar Builder magazine