The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will host public meetings between March 13 and 20 to hear comments on its environmental review of Cardinal-Hickory Creek, a planned $500 million transmission line to connect Dubuque County, …
Energy Projects
MGE’s Saratoga Wind Farm Online; Solar Farms Under PSC Review
MGE’s 66 MW Saratoga wind farm in Howard County, Iowa is fully on line (See EnergyOnWI news, December 2018). The farmland that hosts the 33 turbines continues to grow crops. This project will move MGE toward …
Energy company eyes land in town of Whitewater for possible solar farm
A New York solar energy company is eyeing several hundred acres in the town of Whitewater for a possible solar farm… Rauh said the company would need 600 to 800 acres for the solar panels, which …
Floating PV – An Alternate Option to Farmland
According to a new National Renewable Energy Lab (NREL) paper “Floating PV: Assessing the Technical Potential of Photovoltaic Systems on Man-Made Water Bodies in the Continental U.S.”, researchers found floating PV (FPV) projects across more than …
Focus Solar Programs Well Subscribed
Focus on Energy renewable programs spent more than $4 million on 970 solar PV projects in 2018 that will generate over 15 MW of electricity. This $4 million in incentives leveraged over $30 million in investments. Residential projects …
Record-Breaking Cheq Bay Solar Group Buy Launches 2019 Program
Cheq Bay’s solar group buy program was the largest in Wisconsin in 2018 with $1.2 million of projects generating 470 kW of solar from 78 contracts (see Energy On WI news, October 2018). Participants included 66 …
Report: Smart grid upgrades offer less risk, more flexibility than power lines
Article originally published by Energy News Network [Non-Wires Alternatives: Case Studies from Leading U.S. Projects] … report suggests so-called non-wires alternatives — combinations of storage and distributed generation that don’t depend on long-distance transmission — offer a …
Pairing Wind + Solar for Cheaper, 24-Hour Renewable Energy
Article originally published by Inside Climate News A unique power project in Ohio will take advantage of solar’s midday burst of energy and wind’s all-day power to provide more consistent clean energy to the grid…
Racine to Get Six Electric Buses from VW Settlement
The city of Racine will receive $6.19 million of the $32 million in grants to municipalities from the Volkswagen Capital Assistance Grant Program that they will use to buy at least six new electric buses. This will …
PSC to Review 550MW Natural Gas Plant Site
In 2019, the Public Service Commission of Wisconsin (PSCW) will evaluate the proposed site near Superior, WI for the 550MW, $700 million combined-cycle natural gas plant, Nemadji Trail Energy Center, recently approved by Minnesota’s utility commission. …