UW-Oshkosh and Wisconsin Public Service (WPS) hosted the Solar Olympics, an annual, one-day renewable energy competition that engaged nearly 150 students from 17 Wisconsin participating SolarWise schools from Ashwaubenon and Rhinelander to Chilton and Wausau. The Olympics includes activities that combine solar with …
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MREA’s 30th Energy Fair June 21 – 23
The Midwest Renewable Energy Association (MREA) will host the 30th Energy Fair from June 21 – 23, 2019 in Custer, Wisconsin, featuring activities and workshops in 14 genres related to sustainability. Of the more than …
Beaver Dam Adds More Municipal Solar
North Wind Renewable Energy Cooperative is beginning to install a 105 kW solar array on the City of Beaver Dam’s police department/municipal court building roof. The array will save the City $800,000 over the next …
MGE Ups the Ante to 100% Net Zero Carbon by 2050
MGE announced a goal of net zero carbon by 2050 at its May shareholder meeting, increasing its previous goal of an 80 percent carbon reduction by 2050. It will work with scientists at UW-Madison’s Nelson …
Eau Claire County Passes 100% Renewable Energy and Carbon-Neutral by 2050 Resolution
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, …
Agreement to benefit Xcel customers
Thanks to an unprecedented agreement, typical Xcel Energy customers will see decreases in their electricity and natural gas rates over the next two years. The utility and several customer groups filed a multiyear agreement — …
Wisconsin utility wants to tax the sun 24%
We Energies has filed to increase fixed fees 10.3% and charge a residential solar power fixed cost recovery charge of $3.53/kW/month. …We Energies, a utility serving Wisconsin and Michigan’s Upper Peninsula (home of some of …
Third-Party Financing Moves to the Courts
Wisconsin’s law on third-party ownership is unclear. We Energies challenged it by denying interconnection of 6 solar systems on City of Milwaukee roofs that would receive 80 percent financing from solar developer Eagle Point Solar(seeEnergyOnWI …
LEGO Surpasses 100%, Continues Renewable Energy Building Blocks
LEGO used 360 Gigawatt-hours of electricity to produce 75 billion LEGO bricks in 2016; and, in 2017 the company produced them with 100 percent renewable energy, reaching their goal three years early. Since 2012, LEGO has supported …
Landmark Energy Storage Project
The Manatee Energy Storage Center, among the world’s largest solar-powered battery systems announced thus far in the US, is slated to be built by 2021 by Florida Power & Light Company (FPL), the utility owned …