It’s National Clean Energy Week, which means we get to celebrate all the incredible things our renewable energy team has been doing this year. Here are the top three: Bringing Michigan’s largest wind park online By the end of this year, our Meridian Wind Park...
You’re inside a wind turbine tower, standing at the foot of a ladder that reaches 374 feet to the top. Hooked up to a harness and ready to make the climb, you grab hold of the ladder and make your way up. Once you reach the top of the turbine, you’re worn out, but you...
If you’ve ever read any of DTE’s articles on wind energy, you’ve probably seen something like this: “local communities that host wind parks see substantial benefits in the form of local tax revenue.” But what does that really mean? What benefits are the communities...
This week, Andrea Crawford, wind technician at Gratiot Wind, was featured in Roadtrip Nation’s new documentary, “Skill Shift.” The documentary explores how people are finding the education, training, and opportunities they need to succeed in the future of work,...
DTE has a long history of environmental stewardship, and this is deeply embedded in its wind energy projects. To learn about all the ways the company works with wildlife at its wind parks, I talked with Amanda Ignatowski, a senior engineer in Environmental Management...
