Risk and reward for manufacturers: Viability’s Byrnes talks energy policy

on Aug 03 in Viability in the News

Joe Boomgaard
MiBiz – August 3, 2009

One Holland-based company is helping clients pay for reducing their carbon footprints or for switching to renewable energy.

Chris Byrnes, president of Viability LLC, said much of Lansing’s focus on climate change has been getting manufacturers to make widgets for alternative energy machines – like wind turbines and solar panels – but he advocates for the state to take a look at companies that have installed the wind turbines and solar panels and “are really going green.”

“We need to be incentivizing them as well,” Byrnes told MiBiz.

Viability works with clients all over the country to help manage alternative and renewable energy projects from financing to construction and through implementation.

“Part of what we do is help clients through…what’s their best project,” he said. “Everyone is trying to hedge their energy costs and switching from fossil fuels to renewables is a great thing to do.”