Ann Arbor-based SPARK, a business development group, is distributing $6.6 million in start-up money for tech businesses in Michigan. The businesses will be focussed on alternative energy, homeland security, life sciences and automotive research.
Nine metro Detroit community colleges will share a $2.15 million federal grant to develop a core curriculum in "innovation education."
NextEnergy was awarded a $150,000 grant from the Michigan Public Service Commission to develop and host a web-based fleet processing tool. The tool is designed to assist fleet managers in determining “what kind of technology would be best suited for how they use their vehicles,” explains NextEnergy’s director of program development Jim Saber.
Macomb Community College has opened the Macomb Center for Alternative Fuels.
Detroit's Big Three automakers will roll out an array of new autos at the North American International Auto Show, including many fuel-effecient new cars.
LaSalle Bank finished expanding its green roof late this fall at its Michigan headquarters in Troy at 2600 W. Big Beaver Road, making it the state’s second largest green roof.
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