LANSING, Mich., July 27 -- The Michigan Department of Energy, Labor and Economic Growth issued the following news release: Detroit Edison, URS/Washington Midwest LLC, The Babcock & Wilcox Company, Hamon Custodis, Ideal Contracting, the Michigan Building and Construction Trades Council, the Michigan Department of Energy, Labor & Economic Growth (DELEG), and the Michigan Occupational Safety and Health Administration (MIOSHA), signed documents on July 27 extending a partnership to protect constr  more

WASHINGTON, July 27 -- Rep. Mazie K. Hirono, D-Hawaii (2nd CD), has issued the following news release: Today, the Department of Energy's Loan Programs Office announced a $117 million loan guarantee through the Recovery Act for the Kahuku Wind Power Project in Hawaii. A project Secretary Chu calls "another example of America's leadership in the global clean energy economy." While Hawaii has been harnessing wind power for years, Kahuku Wind is expected to be the first project to meet wind an  more

WASHINGTON, July 27 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's National Energy Technology Laboratory issued the following news release: Four projects that will demonstrate an innovative technology that could eventually enhance hydrogen fuel production, lower greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, improve efficiencies and lower consumer electricity costs from advanced coal gasification power systems have been selected by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). The projects will test membrane technology to se  more