Target Corporation announced a 100 percent renewable energy goal by 2030 for all company operations including its stores, distribution centers and offices. Currently at 22 percent renewable electricity, Target has set interim goals of sourcing …
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Facebook Leads Investment in Corporate Renewable Market
Facebook pledged, in 2018, to use 100 percent renewable electricity by 2020 from new renewable energy projects on the grid of their data center locations. They surpassed 50 percent renewables in 2017, and reached 75 …
Ethanol – The Fastest Growing US Agricultural Export
A recent analysis conducted by the U.S. Grains Council shows that non-beverage ethanol is the fastest growing U.S. agricultural export by a significant margin. Within the last decade, the U.S. went from being the world’s largest ethanol …
Innovative Funding Underpins Washburn/Bayfield Public Solar Projects
Four public solar PV projects, joined by innovative group financing, are advancing in the Washburn and Bayfield area. Two 100 kW ac solar projects are at wastewater treatment plants (WWTP). Both received Focus on Energy …
New Berlin Solar Project – The First-of-its-kind
New Berlin School District is partnering with WE Energies and SunVest Solar of Pewaukee to install more than 2 MW of solar PV at three schools. Through this first project of We Energies’ Solar Now program, which has the goal to provide 35 MW of renewable energy to …
Madison First to Go All-Electric BCycle Fleet
Trek, the organizer of BCycle bike share program, transitioned Madison’s entire BCycle fleet to electric bikes in June. Although, Trek has begun this process in other U.S. cities, Madison is the first to reach 100 percent …
Imagen Energy Finalist in DOE Solar Prize Set! Contest
Imagen Energy LLC of Milwaukee was selected as one of ten finalists in the American Made Challenges Solar Prize Set! Contest. Imagen team’s SiC Based Multi-Port System will be awarded an $100,000 cash prize from US DOE’s Office …
Wisconsin Focus on Energy Delivers
Wisconsin’s Focus on Energy programs delivered $3.66 in direct economic benefits per dollar spent as a result of working with more than 6,000 businesses and 130,000 households in 2018, as analyzed by the Cadmus Group. During the …
UW Research: Energy Efficiency Saves Lives
Energy efficiency not only provides savings on energy bills, but saves lives and costs through improved public health, according to a paper by UW researchers Air Quality-Related Health Benefits of Energy Efficiency in the United States, in American …
Dem bill would create public funding for renewable energy startups
Democratic lawmakers in Wisconsin are pushing legislation to form a new state development authority designed to kick-start the state’s clean energy economy. The bill, introduced last week by Rep. Katrina Shankland (D-Stevens Point) would create …