Fifteen critical infrastructure microgrid and community resilience center projects have begun this fall across Wisconsin because of over $900,000 in funding awarded by the Public Service Commission. The projects will test the feasibility of energy …
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Wisconsin Agriculture/Carbon/Energy/Water Initiative
A-CEW, an initiative of policy makers and the private sector, has been developing recommendations on energy and carbon in agriculture. Gary Tauchen, chair of the Agriculture Committee of the Wisconsin legislature working with UW-Extension, Clean …
5 Midwestern governors agree to create a network to charge electric vehicles
Article originally published by NPR.org. The governors of Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota and Wisconsin are joining forces to build a new network for charging electric vehicles. The bipartisan plan aims to improve the region’s economy …
Gas Burning Appliances Dropped from Energy Star List
EPA’s 2022 Energy Star Most Efficient list will include only electric appliances that can run on 100 percent renewable energy. For the first time, it will not include furnaces, boilers, or gas dryers, which counter the …
Colocating Agriculture and PV – U of I $10 million Study
The University of Illinois will do field research on agrivoltaics as a means to maintain or increase crop yield, increase the food and energy productivity of the land, and increase farmers’ profits. Through a $10 …
JPMorgan Chase joins UN’s Net-Zero Banking Alliance
JPMorgan Chase signed a pledge to join the United Nations’ Net-Zero Banking Alliance climate initiative, the bank announced Fiday [October 12], according to Reuters and Bloomberg. The Net-Zero Banking Alliance is composed of 61 banks across the globe that have committed …
Report Shows Strong Solar+Storage Market Growth… And Plenty of Room for Improvement
Article originally published by Berkeley Lab. A new report [August 2021] from Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory provides a valuable initial look at residential and non-residential distributed solar+storage markets, showing significant growth and huge potential for …
Heat Loss Revealed by Drone Cameras Informs City Efficiency Programs
An instructor at Northland Community and Technical College specializing in remotely piloted aerial systems began, with student assistance, one of the first drone thermal-imaging programs in the country. Drone thermal imaging uses infrared cameras to …
Everyday Superheroes: Women in Energy Children’s Book
Everyday Superheroes: Women in Energy is an upcoming illustrated multicultural children’s book featuring the women Energy Superheroes who are powering our planet. The book uses an A to Z format to share the range of careers …
Green Steel Powered by the Sun
EVRAZ Rocky Mountain Steel, a Pueblo Colorado steel mill, will receive 90 percent of its power from a 300 MW solar facility, the largest solar project on-site for a single customer in the US. The …