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Middleton Cross Plains Area School District Adopts 100 Percent

Posted on April 1, 2021

Middleton Cross Plains Area School District (MCPASD) Resolution ‘To address Global Warming through Clean Energy, Waste Reduction, Sustainable Choices, and Environmental Education” was passed by the school board March 22, 2021. It was resolved that MCPASD will …

Posted in Featured Newsletter Blog Post, Local Stories, Newsletter Blog Post

Brown County Adopts 100 Percent Clean Energy

Posted on April 1, 2021

The Brown County Board, in mid-March, passed a Resolution Establishing the Brown County Energy Subcommittee that creates a subcommittee to develop a comprehensive clean energy plan to reach the ultimate goal of 100 percent clean energy.

Posted in Local Stories, Newsletter Blog Post

Nominate Energy Educator of the Year

Posted on April 1, 2021

The Wisconsin K-12 Energy Education Program (KEEP) annually sponsors the Energy Educator of the Year Award. The annual nomination process and announcement of winners helps to increase the visibility of the network of outstanding educators across the state …

Posted in Local Stories, Newsletter Blog Post

Milwaukee County Fleet Electrification RFI

Posted on April 1, 2021

Milwaukee County is seeking information regarding how the County may transition its fleet of passenger motor vehicles to electric vehicles. Responses are due May 14, 2021 at 5:00 PM CDT. For more information.

Posted in Local Stories, Newsletter Blog Post

Alliant Energy Will Shut Down Its Last Coal Plant In Wisconsin

Posted on January 1, 2021

Article originally published by Wisconsin Public Radio. Madison-based Alliant Energy announced February 2 [Tuesday] it’s shuttering its roughly 1,100-megawatt coal plant in Columbia County by the end of 2024. The facility is the utility’s last remaining coal …

Posted in Local Stories, Newsletter Blog Post

Brown County Buys Prime Riverfront to Relocate Coal Piles

Posted on January 1, 2021

Brown County will buy nearly 44 acres of Wisconsin Public Service Corp’s Pulliam Power Plant to relocate the coal piles located on the valuable Shipyard District waterfront development. Ultimately, the purchase was made possible with …

Posted in Local Stories, Newsletter Blog Post

Aspirus Health receives “Renewable Energy Catalyst of the Year” award

Posted on January 1, 2021

Article originally published by Wausau Pilot and Review. RENEW Wisconsin recently [Jan 2021] presented two champions of Aspirus Health’s sustainability efforts with a “2020 Renewable Energy Catalyst of the Year” award… “At Aspirus, we recognize …

Posted in Local Stories, Newsletter Blog Post

Parrfection Produces Solar Too

Posted on December 1, 2020

David Parr and Victoria Solomon, of Parrfection Produce, LLC in Green County outside of Monticello, Wisconsin, went solar to grow their business long term. They grow, aggregate, and distribute produce in the upper Midwest. Having learned …

Posted in Local Stories, Newsletter Blog Post, Projects, Recent Projects, Solar

WI Farm Saving Big from Energy Efficient Grain Dryer

Posted on December 1, 2020

Ter-Rae Farms in St. Croix County installed an energy efficient grain dryer that will save enough energy to power 18 Wisconsin homes for a year and more than $15,000 a year on energy costs. The …

Posted in Local Stories, Newsletter Blog Post

Eau Claire High Schools Go Solar

Posted on December 1, 2020

A 252kW solar system was installed on Memorial and North High Schools (360 panels on each school) through the Solar on Eau Claire Schools Fund, a partnership between the Couillard Solar Foundation Solar on Schools …

Posted in Local Stories, Newsletter Blog Post, Recent Projects
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