President Barack Obama is expected to serve up some good news for the city of Detroit today.
Todd Spangler of the Detroit Free Press reports that the president plans to announce a public and private sector commitment to advance solar energy utilization and energy efficiency around the country for various projects.
Spangler writes:
The city was named as one of five nationwide to be served by what the White House is calling a High Performance Outdoor Lighting Accelerator, a project to be started in the Energy Department intended to “increase the adoption and use of high efficiency outdoor lighting.”
The Freep reports that workers completed installing 4,600 new LED lights in two pilot areas in the city this month. Thje city is aiming to replace up to 50,000 lights in the next two years.
