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Detroit area to grow jobs around advanced energy storage systems

September 23, 2011 Advanced Energy Storage

Southeast Michigan has been awarded $2.1 million through the federal Jobs and Innovation Accelerator Challenge to create new jobs and technologies related to the rapidly emerging advanced energy storage system (AESS) industry cluster.
The initiative is being coordinated by Corporation for a Skilled Workforce (CSW), a national nonprofit based in Ann Arbor that focuses on creating [...]

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MIT Says Sakti3 Technology is Top 10 in the World

April 22, 2011 Advanced Energy Storage

When we say “high-tech” in Michigan, we mean it. Take, for example, Sakti3 in Ann Arbor. The spin out from the University of Michigan is developing and commercializing revolutionary lithium-ion battery technology that uses lighter materials to reduce weight and cost and increase durability and storage capacity. The company is quickly moving a nascent industry [...]

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Driving the Alternative

September 28, 2007 Solar Energy

The other day as I was pumping gas I heard a gentleman behind me cursing the three-dollars-a-gallon he was going to have to shell out. Although I completely empathize, I also know that Michigan is fast becoming a leader in the development of alternative energy sources. Companies excelling in the solar, advanced battery, biofuel and [...]

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