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Boaz, Wisconsin, population 156, to host state’s first community-scale microgrid

Posted on April 4, 2022

BOAZ — Tucked just off Highway 14 on the way from Richland Center to Readstown, the village of Boaz has a church, a bar and a supper club. It will soon add a battery-powered microgrid to …

Posted in Energy Projects, Featured Project, Projects, Recent Projects

Grant County Wind Farm Approval Reboots Wisconsin Wind Energy

Posted on April 4, 2022

WPS and MGE’s purchase of the 92 MW $162 million Red Barn Wind Farm in Grant County was approved by the PSC in January. This is the first wind farm approved in 12 years under the …

Posted in Energy Projects, Projects, Recent Projects, Wind

Little Free Library Solar Phone Charging Stations To Take Racine by Storm

Posted on April 1, 2022

On top of a Little Free Library at the Great Lakes Community Conservation Corps (GLCC) in Racine is a solar-powered charging station for cellphones. It is free to anyone in the community to use including …

Posted in Local Stories, Recent Projects

Madison Among Most-improved in City Clean Energy Scorecard

Posted on April 1, 2022

ACEEE’s 2021 City Clean Energy Scorecard analyzed the efforts of 100 major U.S. cities grouped by population size and growth rate to make buildings and transportation more energy efficient and scale up the use of renewable …

Posted in Featured Newsletter Blog Post, National

Venture Funding Accelerates for EV Battery Startups: Workforce in EVs and Batteries Heats Up

Posted on April 1, 2022

The private sector is moving ahead rapidly with investments in batterries. In October, Toyota announced plans to build a $1.29 billion US battery factory. Ford will build three US battery factories in the US and an …

Posted in Economy, Featured Newsletter Blog Post

Solar Plus Ag Project Proposed at UW-Kegonsa Research Campus

Posted on April 1, 2022

UW-Madison, working with Alliant Energy contracting with Sunvest Solar as the developer, is in the process of vetting a proposed 2.25 MW solar PV project on 10 of the 280-acre Kegonsa Ag Research Station in …

Posted in Energy Projects, Featured Newsletter Blog Post

Wisconsin‘s Funding Opportunity to Upgrade School Bus Fleets

Posted on April 1, 2022

It was a surprise to see that Wisconsin did not receive any of the $7 million in federal funding from the 2021 American Rescue Plan (ARP) Electric School Bus Rebates. That funding was directed toward …

Posted in Featured Newsletter Blog Post, Local Stories

Enbridge Oil Pipeline Comment Period Extended to April 15

Posted on April 1, 2022

The Wisconsin DNR is extending the public comment period to April 15th for the analysis of the draft environmental impact statement that it prepared for the proposed 41-mile relocation of Enbridge’s Line 5 natural gas and oil …

Posted in Featured Newsletter Blog Post, Policy

Wisconsin Legislature Passes One Energy Bill – Expanding PACE Access

Posted on April 1, 2022

The Wisconsin Commercial Property Assessed Clean Energy (C-PACE) program that finances building energy efficiency, renewable energy, and water conservation upgrades for businesses will be expanded to include energy reliability improvements, weather-related resiliency projects, electric vehicle …

Posted in Featured Newsletter Blog Post, Policy

Q1 2022 Director’s Note

Posted on April 1, 2022

The Imperative to become energy independent has been highlighted in this time of Russian invasion of Ukraine. Energy security will come with energy self-sufficiency locally when countries do not rely on foreign sources of fuel. OECD Europe imported 74% of Russia’s total …

Posted in Director's Note, Featured Newsletter Blog Post
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