Monday, February 8, 2010

Michigan Energy Profile

Energy Information Administration (EIA)
State/Territory Energy Profiles
Energy Data, Information, and Maps
http://tonto.eia.doe.gov/state/state_energy_profiles.cfm?sid=MI

Michigan Quick Facts

* Michigan has more natural gas reserves than any other State in the Great Lakes region.

* The Antrim natural gas fields, in the northern Lower Peninsula, are among the largest in the Nation.

* Michigan has the most underground natural gas storage capacity of any State in the Nation and supplies natural gas to neighboring States during high-demand winter months.

* Michigan is a substantial generator of electricity from wood and wood waste.

* Natural gas heats roughly four-fifths of Michigan homes.

* Two renewable energy technology manufacturers plan to transform an abandoned automobile factory in Wixom to the Nation’s largest renewable energy park, producing solar panels and large-scale batteries to store power for the electric grid.

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Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration

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