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 …
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Brown County Buys Prime Riverfront to Relocate Coal Piles
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 …
Aspirus Health receives “Renewable Energy Catalyst of the Year” award
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 …
Wisconsin’s First Large-Scale Solar Plus Storage Project Advances
WEC Energy Group and Madison Gas & Electric (MGE) filed with the PSC to purchase the Paris Solar-Battery Park for roughly $400 million. The 310 MW solar plus storage project includes a 200 MW PV farm, which would generate enough electricity to power approximately 60,000 homes, and a …
Renewable Natural Gas Facility to be Built in Outagamie County
Outagamie County is contracting with Atlanta-based Mas Energy to construct and manage a $25 million renewable natural gas (RNG) plant at the Little Chute landfill. The plant will collect methane from the landfill and convert it into compressed natural gas that will go …
MGE To Build 8 MW Solar Farm for City of Madison & School District
The City of Madison and Madison Metropolitan School District are contracting with MGE to purchase all the electricity from an 8 MW, $15.3 million solar farm on 53 acres under MGE’s Renewable Energy Rider. This ensures …
Wisconsin Solar Jobs and Rankings
The Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) developed an infographic, State Solar Spotlight on Wisconsin 2020, that shows Wisconsin installed 237.3 MW of solar in 2020 (down from 41.16 MW in 2019) or enough installed solar to power …
Green Leases Promote Energy Efficiency
The 2021 Green Lease Leader recognition program, run by the Department of Energy and the Institute for Market Transformation (IMT), which honors landlords, tenants, and partnering real estate practitioners for incorporating green leasing to drive high-performance and healthy …
Solar Job Postings Up Sharply During Pandemic
Forbes did an analysis of data from Indeed, a jobs search site, that show a 69 percent increase in the share of solar- or wind-related job postings per million job postings from April, at the …
Midwest Solar Jobs Resource Center
The Midwest Renewable Energy Association’s Midwest Solar Jobs Resources Center is a marketplace for people pursuing a career in solar energy. With three main sections- Solar Training, The Job Board, and Career Resources, learn about solar businesses in the Midwest, apply …