For the past several years, in June, the Great Lakes Renewable Energy Association (GLREA) has hosted an event called the Michigan Energy Fair to “promote renewable energy and energy efficiency.” For the past few years, this event, which draws up to 6,000 people, has been held at the Manistee County Fairgrounds. This year, however, they’re […]
These past few days, in a basement on Oak Street, Andy Claydon, Dave Strenski, and John Shuler have been building a power-generating bike. And tonight we had our first real test of the complete system, which we hope to have running at Saturday’s Shadow Art Fair. There are still a few kinks that need to […]
Remember that idea that I had a long time ago, about using bikes to power an outdoor movie series here in Ypsi? Well, the idea, no thanks to me, is still alive and kicking. In fact, we hope to have the first bike built in time for the December 5 Shadow Art Fair. And, if […]
I just received the following update on the Solar City Hall project from Dave Strenski, and thought that I’d pass it along. What Dave and his volunteers have been able to accomplish thus far in Ypsilanti has been just incredible. We continue to make progress on the Ypsilanti City Hall Solar Project. We had a […]
