Credit: First Solar.

Enbridge, the Canadian company behind the recent oil spill in Michigan's Calhoun County near Marshall, just happens to also be behind construction of the largest photovoltaic solar energy facility in North America.

Kalamazoo River map via Wikipedia.

Here we go again...

Image: LG Chem

The Supply Chain for Electric Cars is Growing
About 6 months ago we wrote that LG Chem was thinking about building an advanced lithium-ion battery plant in Holland, Michigan, to supply battery packs to GM for the Volt PHEV.

Photo: Fisker

At the end of 2008, Fisker announced that it was opening and engineering center in Michigan, near Detroit. Was it just to sweeten its image to help it get a government loan? Who knows...

"An Asian Bighead carp swims in the Great Lakes Invasive Species tank at Chicago's Shedd Aquarium." Image credit:Nancy Stone/ Chicago Tribune.

I hate it when lawyers end up managing shared environmental resources.

Photo: Michael Graham Richard

Will Also Design Battery and Hybrid Transmission Development In-House
Ford, who just unveiled the new Focus, has also announced that it would invest an additional $450 million in its Michigan Assembly Plant in Wayne, Michigan (formerly a SUV p