Barron, Price, and Rock Counties joined the Wisconsin Property Assessed Clean Energy program (PACE) bringing the total number of counties participating statewide to 45. PACE helps commercial, industrial, and non-profit property owner’s access affordable, long-term financing …
Local Stories
MGE & Middleton 5 MW Solar Shares Groundbreaking
Middleton Mayor declares Solar Power Day, at the sunny October 28 groundbreaking for the Madison Gas & Electric 5 MW Shared Solar community solar garden on Middleton Municipal Airport Morey Field land. The City purchased …
Wisconsin Municipalities Getting SolSmart
Congratulations to seven Wisconsin municipalities that have achieved recognition under US DOE’s SolSmart designation program. They worked, with assistance from an MREA advisor, to make it easier, less expensive and faster to install solar on local homes …
Wisconsin k-12 Schools Save $40 Million a Year Through Energy Efficiency
A benchmarking study summary of Wisconsin k-12 school energy use by Focus on Energy and B3 Benchmarking released October 1, shows a 23 percent decrease in energy use between 2006 and 2018 that saves the school districts …
Chemical catalysis pioneer James Dumesic wins international energy prize
Article originally published by UW – Madison News Prolific biofuels researcher James Dumesic has been named the winner of the 2019 Eni Energy Transition Award. The internationally renowned Eni Awards were established in 2007 to …
Marathon County Wind Farm in Early Stages
Landowners in southwest Marathon county signed agreements to install large-scale wind turbines as early as 2021 with EDP Renewables North America, a Portuguese renewable energy company with North American headquarters in Houston. EDP has not released their plans …
Historic Church Goes Solar
An historic church with a new addition, Redeemer Lutheran Church in Milwaukee is completing the structural engineering to add rooftop solar PV. The more than 60 panels will produce over half the annual energy use …
Bad River and Forest County Potawatomi Tribes Awarded $1 Million Each for Solar
Bad River Solar + Storage: The Bad River Band of Lake Superior Tribe of Chippewa Indians was awarded $1 Million of US DOE grant funds for a $2 Million solar plus storage project on three …
Xcel’s Wisconsin Solar Gardens Sold Out
Xcel Energy’s three Solar Connect Community solar gardens in western Wisconsin are now fully subscribed. They include three 1 MW systems: Eau Claire in 2017, Cashton, west of La Crosse completed in May 2019, and …
City paving the way for more solar energy
The City of Racine is in the process of making its ordinances more friendly to solar energy. The city is working with SolSmart, a national program that works pro bono with communities to cut red tape …