MANISTEE - Holdfast Technologies constructs energy efficient buildings that build an eco sandwich with insulating foam on the outside and concrete on the inside. Learn how they do it in this special GreenTech edition of News Maker interview recorded at the Michigan Energy Fair.
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MANISTEE - Corn has a lot of potential uses from food, to animal feed to motor vehicle fuel, in the form of Ethanol. But there’s a lot of misinformation out there as well with some critics contending corn can’t be used to feed people and propel cars. Jody Pollok-Newsom, the executive director of the Michigan Corn Marketing Program, sets the record straight in this special GreenTech edition of News Maker Interview.
MANISTEEE - Another bright alternative energy idea from the Michigan Energy Fair - Bright Idea Energy Solutions of Chicago offers a different twist on generating wind energy, using a vertical cone shaped blade rather than propellers. To learn more about this product, listen to this GreenTech edition of Newsmaker interview.
MANISTEE - Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm will speak June 27 at the Michigan Energy Fair at the Manistee County Fairgrounds. Allan O’Shea, fair co-chairman, talks about Granholm’s appearance and also about the incredible interest in alternative energy technologies this year - driven by high energy prices. O’Shea’s alternative energy construction business has seen demand triple this year.
DETROIT - Ford Motor Company’s hybrid fuel-powered fleet is increasing rapidly, riding a wave of consumer demand for GreenTech and environmentally friendly cars and trucks. Nancy Gioia, Ford’s Director of Sustainable Mobility and Hybrid Programs, talks about Ford’s future alternative energy plans in this special edition of News Maker interview from the North American International Auto Show in Detroit.
DETROIT - E85 Ethanol fuel, the latest green friendly derivative, is growing in popularity although major issues, such as getting gas stations to carry it, remain. Still within a half dozen years, about half the cars and trucks on American roads will be burning this alternative energy fuel that boosts performance and cuts green house gas emissions, predicts Mary Beth Stanek, Director of Environmental, Energy & Safety Policy for General Motor’s Public Policy Center. This special GreenTech interview was done at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit.
LANSING - A new Michigan energy plan is developing in the House, which could result in a bill by the end of the year. What the house is trying to do is keep alternative energy providers in the mix and not return the state to the monopoly control of Consumers’ Energy and DTE Energy. Terry Harvill Vice President, Regional Regulatory and Government Affairs for Ohio and Michigan, for Constellation Energy, the largest alternative energy supplier in the state, talks about what’s at stake in this News Maker Interview.
MANISTEE - Amy Garrison, communications and program coordinator for the Michigan Corn Marketing Program, talks about corn’s role in creating a new green fuel, Ethanol, and what will happen to corn demand in Michigan. Garrison, interviewed at the 2007 Michigan Energy Fair, also dispels some corn myths in the Newsmaker Interview.
MANISTEE - Manistee County Commissioner Allan O’Shea talks about the success of the 2007 Michigan Energy Fair, which featured exhibits on green energy technologies at the Manistee County Fairgrounds in June. O’Shea is one of the founder fathers of the event, which attracted thousands of alternative energy advocates.
TROY - Blizzard Boost, which makes an electric engine power enhancer somewhat like a turbo charger, won two specialty awards at the Spring 2007 Great Lakes Entrepreneur’s Quest contest competition - $12,500 each from Automation Alley and Next Energy. In this special edition of Newsmaker Interview, co founder Mark Schwartz talks about the future of his Michigan technology company.
ONEKAMA - Jennifer Alvarado, Executive Director of the Great Lakes Renewable Energy Association, talks about how the Michigan Energy Fair, held in Manistee County from June 22-24, was much larger than a year ago – signaling that Green technology and renewable energy have become part of mainstream thinking. This is a special edition of Newsmaker Interview.
MANISTEE - Manistee County has been named one of the 2007 winners of our America’s Crown Communities Awards this year for its work on the Michigan Energy Fair. Manistee is among an elite group of communities whose projects represent some of the finest examples of local leadership at work. County Commissioner Alan O’Shea will represent the county at the event. The interview is with Associate Publisher Bill Wolpin.
Interview with Brandan Ringlever of BL Government Affairs office in Lansing on Michigan’s efforts to develop alternative energy - in this case E85 ethanol gas. Ringlever examines the pros and cons of this conversion attempt.
Interview with Dick Beedon, founder, MacBeedon Group, who was named the Entrepreneur of the Year by the New Enterprise Forum. Beedon discusses the Entrepreneurial environment in Michigan, and a new $50 million Venture Fund he is organizing to pump money into promising Michigan startups.
