DETROIT (Michigan News Source) – Several Michigan automakers are working to reduce the amount of energy consumed when making more vehicles and accompanying parts, as the state moves more towards renewable electricity sources and products.
Much of the energy reduction would come in the form of reducing hundreds of millions of kilowatt hours, which would prevent an estimated thousands of tons of carbon dioxide from being released in the state. According to the Detroit News, DTE Energy Co.’s Manager of Energy Efficiency Commercial and Industrial Large Business Customers views the reduction as a plus.
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“To the extent that energy reduction overall is a good thing,” Nguyen said “now more than ever, DTE shares our customers’ goals with how energy is produced and how it’s consumed, and energy efficiency is at the very center of that effort.”
Ford, Stellantis NV, and General Motors Co. have all made commitments for more renewable energy in Michigan, some as early as 2025.
Leading the transition, Ford anticipates via the DTE MIGreenPower program to add more than 600 megawatts of solar energy capacity which would grow the state’s total installed solar energy by 70% by 2025, the same time that the Dearborn based automaker is hoping to have its operations running on 100% renewable sourced electricity.
Michigan’s main energy suppliers, DTE and Consumers Energy, have similarly announced commitments to switch to cleaner electricity sourcing. DTE has announced plans to end the use of coal-firing generation by 2032, and Consumers Energy has pledged to do the same by 2025. They also plan to achieve a net-zero on greenhouse gas emissions by 2050.
“When you layer on greenhouse gas reduction, or you layer on carbon reduction, and you’re essentially getting credit or benefit or recognition for those reductions,” Nguyen said to the Detroit News, “it opens up opportunities for our department and customers.”
Late last week, President Joseph Biden issued an executive order restricting US investments in Chinese technology that would include computer chips, micro electronics, quantum information technologies, and artificial intelligence – many of the components used in EV technology.
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Michigan, which has been a chief investor in Electric Vehicle (EV) technology recently received several accolades after Business Facilities published their 19th Annual Rankings Report, placing the state as the top in the country in Automotive Manufacturing and Electric Vehicle (EV) Industry Investment.
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