Breakthrough Technologies Institute - Fuel Cells 2000

One of the most far-reaching projects initiated by MAREC will be the development of a
$1.3 million biomass-to-electricity demonstration plant in Muskegon County. The plant
would convert dairy cow and swine manure to methane gas which would then be used to
produce electricity. Methane would also be transported to MAREC for use as fuel for the
facility’s fuel cell.
Contact:
Michigan Alternative Renewable Energy Center
200 Viridian Drive
Muskegon, MI 49440
Phone: (231) 722-4371 (Muskegon) or (616) 331-6900 (Grand Rapids)
Web: www.gvsu.edu/marec/index.cfm?id=E03DCAA7-A103-CE64-
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Energy Office of Michigan
www.michigan.gov/energyoffice
The Michigan Department of Consumer & Industry Services (CIS) Energy Office
promotes energy efficiency and renewable energy resource development to Michigan’s
residents, businesses, and public institutions. Program activities are designed to
encourage the use of new technologies and alternative fuels in buildings, industrial
processes, vehicles, and in power generation.
The CIS Energy Office has received federal energy grants funding that were allocated to
support a variety of programs to help Michigan better use its energy resources at the
local level. One grant award ($200,000) was made by the Energy Office to DTE Energy
to develop and test a hydrogen-based power park and install and operate a compressed
gas hydrogen site capable of delivering approximately 500 kilowatt-hours/day of
environmentally friendly electricity. Starting with electricity from a combination of solar,
municipal solid waste, and central station grid, the power park would produce, compress,
and store hydrogen fuel for later use in a 25-75 kW fuel cell bank and 25 kW external
combustion engine to generate electricity and heat for a commercial building complex.
Contact:
Energy Office
Michigan Department of Consumer & Industry Services
611 W. Ottawa
P.O. Box 30221
Lansing, MI 48909
Phone: (517) 241-6228
Fax: (517) 241-6229
Web: www.michigan.gov/cis/0,1607,7-154-25676---,00.html
7. EMERGING BUSINESS SUPPORT
Michigan Economic Development Corporation
www.michigan.org/medc
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