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Eau Claire County recently voted 25-1 to approve a 100 percent renewable energy and carbon neutrality resolution by 2050. Their resolution extends to government operations and county-wide to residents and businesses.  This follows the County’s path as an Energy Independent Community, …

UW-Madison’s Gordon Dining & Event Center now features a solar PV array that will produce 42,800 kWh of electricity per year to help power the building. The system will save University Housing approximately $1,300 per …

SC Johnson will power its headquarters in Racine, WI with geothermal energy by 2020 that will decrease energy consumption by an estimated 42 percent. The GeoExchange system will replace an inefficient boiler facility with an energy-efficient thermal …

The Wisconsin KidWind Challenge is a design competition for middle and high-school students that engages them in STEM. Seven Wisconsin middle-school teams from Darlington, Burlington and New Auburn come to the Wisconsin Energy Institute at UW-Madison to …

The City of Madison is making progress toward its 100% renewable energy and carbon neutrality goals by implementing transportation electrification as a strategy to help achieve them. The City will buy 20 all-electric Chevrolet Bolts …

The cities of Fitchburg and Monona passed 100% Clean Energy Resolutions in February and March. They join Middleton and Madison that passed their 100% resolutions in 2018 (EnergyOnWI News, July 2018) and 2017 respectively (EnergyOnWI News March 2017). The three small cities, ranging …

Dan Ebert, former chair of the Wisconsin Public Service Commission and Senior VP of Government Affairs for WPPI Energy, has become Executive Director of the Midwest-Energy Research Consortium (M-WERC). Ebert brings over 25 year of …

From the moment they were created in Racine, tiny homes have helped tackle big problems — giving veterans facing hard times a warm place to stay, with a door to opportunity… In the midst of the …

Article originally published by The Journal Times Foxconn Technology Group has announced the selection of 88 first-round winners of the company’s Smart Cities—Smart Futures competition…The competition promotes innovative ideas to enhance quality of life, improve …

Deerfield Middle-High School now hosts a 1,400 panel, one half megawatt rooftop solar array, installed by Convergence Energy, that will reduce the school’s energy bill by approximately 25 percent or $25,000 annually. The school is exploring including solar in the curriculum. …