IEI Releases Energy Storage Roadmap
In 2020 the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy (EGLE) put out an RFP that sought “to create an energy storage roadmap to determine energy storage potential in Michigan and develop re...
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Funding the Sun: Options for Michigan Philanthropy to Support Customer-sited Solar
Declining renewable energy costs paired with the potential for significant economic, environmental, and community benefits make the deployment of solar energy systems an attractive option to address the climate...
Administrative Actions to Electrify Transportation in Michigan
The automotive industry is undergoing a fundamental shift toward an advanced mobility future characterized by automated, connected, and shared vehicles – a future that will be made possible by the electrifica...
2018 Legislative Candidate Questionnaire
Together, IEI and Michigan EIBC sought the views of candidates running for seats at the Michigan legislature on advanced energy issues via an online questionnaire. This report summarizes the results of the ques...
A September 2018 Michigan EIBC report on five convenings on electric vehicles and advanced mobility in Michigan. Click to download the report....
Powering the Mobility Revolution: The Case for Integrating Vehicle Electrification & Batteries into Strategies to Promote Autonomous Vehicles
A January 2018 IEI whitepaper on the interconnection between vehicle electrification and automation. Click here to download the whitepaper: Powering the Mobility Revolution: The Case for Integrating Vehicle ...
Solar in Michigan: The Economic Impact of Distributed Generation on Non-Solar Customers
A June 2017 IEI whitepaper analyzes close to 50 studies of the value of solar and finds that the benefits of distributed solar generation systems exceed the retail cost of electricity and the value of solar in ...
Solarize Michigan Final Report
The final report of the Solarize Michigan campaign highlights program accomplishments, including a 250%increase over 2015 deployment levels in the Great Lakes Bay Region. The report also outlines the best pract...
Michigan and the Clean Power Plan
A July 2015 IEI whitepaper that analyzes data from the State Tool for Electricity Emissions Reduction (STEER) to identify least-cost compliance strategies for Michigan to comply with EPA's forthcoming Clean Pow...
Barriers to Advanced Energy in Michigan
Barriers to Advanced Energy in Michigan is the first comprehensive attempt to identify and catalog the many obstacles that impede the adoption of advanced energy technologies and business models in Michigan. By...