by Renee McClelland | Aug 28, 2019 | Blue Water Energy Center
Ask any child where electricity comes from and nine times out of 10 they will point to a light switch. Ironically, our perspectives don’t really change that much as we get older. We want the air conditioning or heat to come on when we adjust the thermostat and lights...
by Renee McClelland | Jul 11, 2019 | Blue Water Energy Center, Our People, Progress
Nestled behind tall grass-covered berms near the St. Clair River in East China Township, hundreds of skilled-trades workers bustle about the construction site for DTE’s new natural gas-fueled power plant. Since the energy company broke ground on the 1,150-megawatt...
by Renee McClelland | May 9, 2019 | Blue Water Energy Center, Environment, Your Neighborhood, Your Power
Ask any child where electricity comes from and nine times out of 10 they will point to a light switch. Ironically, our perspectives don’t really change that much as we get older. We want the air conditioning or heat to come on when we adjust the thermostat and lights...
by Bill Blaul | Oct 3, 2018 | Blue Water Energy Center, Planet, Your Neighborhood
In August, a construction team at DTE Energy’s Blue Water Energy Center in St. Clair County was preparing to clear refuse inside an unused, fenced yard on the 30-acre site when they spotted a honeybee hive hidden amid steel plates, timber, pipes, and brush. “I...
by Renee McClelland | Aug 21, 2018 | Blue Water Energy Center, Energy Future, Progress
DTE Energy has taken a significant step toward its goal of reducing carbon emissions by more than 80 percent by breaking ground on a state-of-the-art, $1 billion natural gas-fueled plant. The Blue Water Energy Center will be the most efficient power plant in the state...
by Brian Corbett | Aug 3, 2018 | Blue Water Energy Center
Looking across acres of Michigan countryside on DTE Energy property in St. Clair County, Matt Shackelford, a company biologist, sees what most others can’t – a field of natural treasures. Sprinkled among the grassy meadows and tracts of bittersweet and Queen Anne’s...
