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Jer Staes
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Is Detroit welcoming? // More solar in Detroit

Lots of listener feedback and some parade talk in this episode with Norris Howard. 00:26 – Detroit Thanksgiving parade memories, like when Chilly Willy flew away to Belle Isle.  03:41 – We discuss feedback on a previous segment on solar power. 09:23 – And then get into a program to add 250 acres of solar panels in the neighborhoods of Detroit. 15:24 – A listener asks if Detroit is welcoming after a recent experience where they were told “they don’t belong.” We get into a touch subjec...

Jer Staes
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This City Had Their Streetlights Repossessed. Now Some Are Getting Light Thanks To Solar Power

To say Highland Park has seen better days is an understatement. Highland Park, a 2.98 square mile enclave city centered around Woodward Avenue is where Ford and Chrysler made thousands of cars, has been ravaged by the economic downturn and de-industrialization of America. In 2011 to help solve a financial crisis where the city of Highland Park owed $4 million to DTE Energy it did not have, the bulk of streetlights – 1,400 poles, lights and and everything – were removed from the city. Altho...

Ardelia Lee
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DTE Energy Partners With Ford And Domino's Farms To Become Michigan's Largest Investor In Solar Power

DTE Energy announced today a partnership with Domino’s Farms and Ford Motor Company to build and operate the two largest solar arrays in Michigan. DTE has started building a 1.1-megawatt photovoltaic solar array at Domino’s Farms east of Ann Arbor. The array will be completed and operational by the end of the year. The project will include over 4,000 solar panels on property just north of M-14 and west of Earhart Road. The solar installation will have a maximum capacity of 1,089 kilowatts of e...

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