Access MI Solar Archives - Groundwork Center https://groundworkcenter.org/category/access-mi-solar/ Groundwork Center Tue, 08 Apr 2025 12:21:51 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 https://i0.wp.com/groundworkcenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/cropped-groundwork-favicon.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Access MI Solar Archives - Groundwork Center https://groundworkcenter.org/category/access-mi-solar/ 32 32 223860040 Federal funding freezes threaten state’s fight against climate change https://groundworkcenter.org/federal-funding-freezes-threaten-states-fight-against-climate-change/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=federal-funding-freezes-threaten-states-fight-against-climate-change https://groundworkcenter.org/federal-funding-freezes-threaten-states-fight-against-climate-change/#respond Tue, 08 Apr 2025 12:16:45 +0000 https://groundworkcenter.org/?p=16521 This op-ed first published in Most people who live in Northern Michigan do so because of our love of place. I’m sure we all picture specific places in our minds when we hear Tim Allen’s voice as he highlights the beauty of Pure Michigan — I always think about kayaking and fishing down the Manistee […]

The post Federal funding freezes threaten state’s fight against climate change appeared first on Groundwork Center.

]]> https://groundworkcenter.org/federal-funding-freezes-threaten-states-fight-against-climate-change/feed/ 0 16521 Why we need to site a lot of clean energy infrastructure in Michigan … and how you can help https://groundworkcenter.org/why-we-need-to-site-a-lot-of-clean-energy-infrastructure-in-michigan-and-how-you-can-help/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=why-we-need-to-site-a-lot-of-clean-energy-infrastructure-in-michigan-and-how-you-can-help https://groundworkcenter.org/why-we-need-to-site-a-lot-of-clean-energy-infrastructure-in-michigan-and-how-you-can-help/#respond Mon, 09 Dec 2024 13:42:54 +0000 https://groundworkcenter.org/?p=16084 Many people who cherish Michigan farmland and countryside have at some point in their lives probably fought to stop a large development near their homes—a huge factory, a gigantic shopping mall, a freeway, a coal plant. However, it’s likely that few lovers of land have ever fought to push a big development forward.  But if our state, […]

The post Why we need to site a lot of clean energy infrastructure in Michigan … and how you can help appeared first on Groundwork Center.

]]> https://groundworkcenter.org/why-we-need-to-site-a-lot-of-clean-energy-infrastructure-in-michigan-and-how-you-can-help/feed/ 0 16084 ‘Who’s going to pay for that?’ It’s the wrong question for climate change action. https://groundworkcenter.org/whos-going-to-pay-for-that-its-the-wrong-question-for-climate-change-action/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=whos-going-to-pay-for-that-its-the-wrong-question-for-climate-change-action https://groundworkcenter.org/whos-going-to-pay-for-that-its-the-wrong-question-for-climate-change-action/#respond Sun, 29 Sep 2024 10:21:19 +0000 https://groundworkcenter.org/?p=15901 This op-ed first published in The ‘Gander. // Photo above by Markus Spiske. In an op-ed, Nicholas Jansen, Michigander and Rural Clean Energy Organizer argues that investing in clean energy and infrastructure is essential for building a more resilient Michigan, protecting both our economy and environment for future generations. Whenever the topic arises of modernizing […]

The post ‘Who’s going to pay for that?’ It’s the wrong question for climate change action. appeared first on Groundwork Center.

]]> https://groundworkcenter.org/whos-going-to-pay-for-that-its-the-wrong-question-for-climate-change-action/feed/ 0 15901 Thank you for staying in the ring to fight Line 5 https://groundworkcenter.org/thank-you-for-staying-in-the-ring-to-fight-line-5/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=thank-you-for-staying-in-the-ring-to-fight-line-5 https://groundworkcenter.org/thank-you-for-staying-in-the-ring-to-fight-line-5/#respond Sun, 11 Aug 2024 20:19:40 +0000 https://groundworkcenter.org/?p=15778 At our “Tunnel Vision” event a few months back, Michigan Assistant Attorney General Dan Bock was fresh from presenting in the federal courthouse in Cincinnati, arguing that the state’s Line 5 case should be heard in Michigan state courts, not federal.  During the Tunnel Vision panel discussion, Bock reflected on the day in court, especially on the […]

The post Thank you for staying in the ring to fight Line 5 appeared first on Groundwork Center.

]]> https://groundworkcenter.org/thank-you-for-staying-in-the-ring-to-fight-line-5/feed/ 0 15778 ‘The Old Kmart’ to Become Shining Example of Solar Power https://groundworkcenter.org/the-old-kmart-to-become-shining-example-of-solar-power/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-old-kmart-to-become-shining-example-of-solar-power https://groundworkcenter.org/the-old-kmart-to-become-shining-example-of-solar-power/#respond Sun, 09 Jun 2024 10:56:00 +0000 https://groundworkcenter.org/?p=15554 Call it symmetry, poetry, yin-yang, or maybe even kismet. Whatever the perfect term, Marty Lagina loves the idea that energy born of the sun—a 29 million-degree Fahrenheit nuclear fusion inferno—will be used to create cold and freeze ice on a large scale. And that will help Traverse City Curling Club members afford their goal of laying down […]

The post ‘The Old Kmart’ to Become Shining Example of Solar Power appeared first on Groundwork Center.

]]> https://groundworkcenter.org/the-old-kmart-to-become-shining-example-of-solar-power/feed/ 0 15554 Making Room for Solar Pays Off https://groundworkcenter.org/making-room-for-solar-pays-off/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=making-room-for-solar-pays-off https://groundworkcenter.org/making-room-for-solar-pays-off/#respond Sun, 26 May 2024 10:38:00 +0000 https://groundworkcenter.org/?p=15530 By Peter Sinclair // As the Clean Energy Transition progresses, one of the questions most often asked is “How much land will be necessary for development of solar energy?” An ambitious build out of utility scale solar in Michigan would require about 2.5 percent of our 10 million acres of agricultural land. By comparison, today […]

The post Making Room for Solar Pays Off appeared first on Groundwork Center.

]]> https://groundworkcenter.org/making-room-for-solar-pays-off/feed/ 0 15530 Group Buy Solar Discounts for Homes and Small Businesses https://groundworkcenter.org/group-buy-solar-discounts-for-homes-and-small-businesses/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=group-buy-solar-discounts-for-homes-and-small-businesses https://groundworkcenter.org/group-buy-solar-discounts-for-homes-and-small-businesses/#respond Wed, 22 May 2024 14:13:42 +0000 https://groundworkcenter.org/?p=15468 If you’ve been contemplating a solar system for your home or small business, stream the recording of Groundwork’s recent webinar to learn how you can receive, through our Access MI Solar program,  a 10% discount on your solar panels and other hardware IN ADDITION TO the 30% tax credit now offered by the federal government. Sign up for your bid today—the registration deadline is May […]

The post Group Buy Solar Discounts for Homes and Small Businesses appeared first on Groundwork Center.

]]> https://groundworkcenter.org/group-buy-solar-discounts-for-homes-and-small-businesses/feed/ 0 15468 Access MI Solar — Sign up and save on your solar system https://groundworkcenter.org/access-mi-solar-sign-up-and-save-on-your-solar-system/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=access-mi-solar-sign-up-and-save-on-your-solar-system https://groundworkcenter.org/access-mi-solar-sign-up-and-save-on-your-solar-system/#respond Mon, 01 Apr 2024 15:23:42 +0000 https://groundworkcenter.org/?p=15417 Today we are announcing our third annual group-buy discount program for purchasing solar panels for homes and small businesses in northwest Lower Michigan.  This year the exciting change to the Access MI Solar program is we have increased the area of eligibility to include homes and small businesses within 40 miles of either Petoskey or Traverse City. The area […]

The post Access MI Solar — Sign up and save on your solar system appeared first on Groundwork Center.

]]> https://groundworkcenter.org/access-mi-solar-sign-up-and-save-on-your-solar-system/feed/ 0 15417 Climate Provisions of Farm Bill Need Defending https://groundworkcenter.org/climate-provisions-of-farm-bill-need-defending/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=climate-provisions-of-farm-bill-need-defending https://groundworkcenter.org/climate-provisions-of-farm-bill-need-defending/#respond Mon, 04 Dec 2023 19:35:57 +0000 https://groundworkcenter.org/?p=14740 Photo by Raphael Cruz When most people hear “farm bill” they think of things like corn subsidies and food programs. But the farm bill is a gigantic, sprawling funding package that supports a wide variety of programs, including major investments in clean energy. Some key programs funded by the farm bill, however, are now under […]

The post Climate Provisions of Farm Bill Need Defending appeared first on Groundwork Center.

]]> https://groundworkcenter.org/climate-provisions-of-farm-bill-need-defending/feed/ 0 14740 De-Escalating the Conversation Around Siting Renewable Energy https://groundworkcenter.org/de-escalating-the-conversation-around-siting-renewable-energy/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=de-escalating-the-conversation-around-siting-renewable-energy https://groundworkcenter.org/de-escalating-the-conversation-around-siting-renewable-energy/#respond Wed, 04 Oct 2023 12:01:10 +0000 https://groundworkcenter.org/?p=14539 An interview with Dr. Sarah Mills, zoning and siting researcher. Interview by Jeff Smith, Communications Director Dr. Sarah Mills has studied local issues relating to siting renewable energy infrastructure both as a student and now as Director of Graham’s Center for EmPowering Communities, at the University of Michigan Graham Sustainability Institute. Along the way she has […]

The post De-Escalating the Conversation Around Siting Renewable Energy appeared first on Groundwork Center.

]]> https://groundworkcenter.org/de-escalating-the-conversation-around-siting-renewable-energy/feed/ 0 14539