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City of Washburn’s Robust Financing Shines with the Sun
The Washburn Wastewater Treatment Plant (WWTP) and the Greater Bayfield Wastewater Treatment Plant each are producing solar energy with the commissioning of their 100 kW ac systems installed by Eagle Point Solar. How the small …
Solar to Benefit Iowa County Health, Safety, and Bottom Line
Iowa County installed a 100 kW ac solar PV system on the roof of it Health and Human Services building because it provides core functions to the safety and well-being of the county. The building …
Beaver Dam Moves to Diversify with Free-Market Solar Financing
The Beaver Dam City Council voted unanimously on December 2 to sign a MOU with Bluestem Energy Solutions to install almost two thirds of a megawatt of solar PV at two city facilities. This includes …
Shorewood Hills Operations to Run on 100% Renewable Electricity
The Village of Shorewood Hills in Dane County will purchase 50 percent of their electric use for their facilities from Madison Gas & Electric’s Shared Solar program that should be completed mid-2020 in the nearby …
Utility Rate Changes Approved but Not EV Charging Station Pilot
Rates will be going up for customers of We Energies and Wisconsin Public Service (WPS), subsidiaries of WEC Energy Group, for the first time in four years. The 1.1 million WE Energies customers can expect a .66 percent …
Governor Signs Energy Trespass Bill
Governor Evers signed into law a bipartisan bill that makes it a felony to trespass or damage oil or gas pipelines (see EnergyOnWI News, October 2019). The bill was supported by labor unions, utilities, the Chamber of …
IEA Forecasts 50% Solar Growth Globally by 2024
The International Energy Agency’s Renewables 2019 market report forecasts 50 percent growth in the world’s total renewable-based power between 2019- 2024. Solar PV accounts for 60 percent of that increase. While renewables will rise from 26 percent …
Upper Midwest Would Gain Most Health Benefits By Cutting Coal, Adding Renewables, Study Shows
Article originally published by WUWM 89.7 Milwaukee’s NPR …Coal-fired power, which produces carbon emissions, provides about half of Wisconsin’s electricity. That’s five times what comes from renewables, including solar, wind, biomass and hydroelectric. Renewables are expected …
Another Large US Coal Company Filed for Bankruptcy
The fifth largest US coal mining company, Murray Energy, filed for bankruptcy protection. Based in Eastern Ohio, Murray is among 40 coal producers that have filed under Chapter 11 in this decade and the eighth …