St. Croix Electric Cooperative (SCEC) held a ribbon cutting July 19th for the new 103 kW community solar garden called Sunflower 1. One hundred and twenty co-op member subscribers paid for one to five, 500-watt production …
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Milwaukee County’s First Fast Electric Car Chargers
Two new fast-charging stations for electric have been installed at parking structures at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. In contrast to traditional charging stations, which can take four to eight hours to charge a vehicle, fast-charging …
Electric Cars Coming to UW-Madison
Four fully electric mini-cars will be available on the UW-Madison campus next year for short-term checkout by anyone with a university ID. UW-Madison is one of four universities selected to receive these Innova Dash cars. …
Potential Merger Between We Energies and WPS
Wisconsin Energy Corp., the parent company of We Energies, is planning to buy Chicago-based Integrys Energy Group Inc., the parent company of Green Bay-based WPS, for $9.1 billion. The combined company would be called WEC …
Wisconsin Utilities Meet 2015 Renewable Energy Requirement
Wisconsin utilities have met the requirement to produce 10 percent of the state’s electricity from renewable sources by 2015 reported the Wisconsin Public Service Commission (PSC) (to view the June 3, 2014 memo see 2013 Renewable Portfolio …
Milwaukee Public Art Solar Bus Shelter
The Bay View area in Milwaukee will have a solar bus shelter that is also an art piece in June. Standing 32 feet high, the art piece will be as tall as the light posts …
Wisconsin’s First Community Solar Project Under Way
The Vernon Electric Cooperative (VEC) is partnering with Clean Energy Collective (CEC), a national community solar developer, on the first community-owned utility-scale solar project in Wisconsin. Located at their headquarters in Westby, WI any member …
Wisconsin’s Small Businesses Save More Than $12 Million in Energy Costs
The Midwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (MEEA) recognized Focus on Energy’s Small Business Program with a 2013 Inspiring Efficiency Innovation Award. More than 9,000 small businesses in Wisconsin saved 100 million kWh of electricity and over …
Third-Party Solar in Wisconsin – Monona Case Study
The City of Monona is a recent Wisconsin case study of a successful third-party solar installation. The city, at no up- front cost, just installed 156 kW of solar PV arrays on roofs of 4 …
Microgrid Proposed for UW-Milwaukee
A microgrid combining wind, solar, and batter power is being proposed through a partnership between the Mid-West Energy Research Consortium and UW-Milwaukee. Wisconsin could become a national center for expertise in microgrid technology with the …