Director of GVSU’s MAREC steps down to pursue alternative energy goals

The head of one of West Michigan’s leading alternative energy centers recently announced he will step down to pursue his own interests in developing alternative energy enterprises.

According to excerpts from the story:

MUSKEGON -- Grand Valley State University announced on Friday that the director of its alternative energy center in Muskegon is stepping down, though he will remain as a consultant. Imad Mahawili has been director of the Michigan Alternative and Renewable Energy Center since it opened in 2003. He will leave his post on April 1.

While at MAREC, Mahawili led an effort to turn waste into energy at the sprawling den Dulk Dairy Farm in Ravenna and designed a home energy wind turbine that will be produced by local companies EarthTronics and Port City Group and soon be sold to consumers. By being freed from his administrative duties at MAREC, Mahawili will have more time to focus on alternative and renewable energy projects, according to the university.

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