Navigant Research identified 2,258 microgrid projects, representing more than 19.5 GW of planned and installed power capacity around the world, in the fourth quarter of 2018. The number of microgrids, especially smaller systems, may rise even …
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US Wind Industry Market Report
The U.S. Wind Industry Annual Market Report 2018 shows that wind jobs grew 8 percent in 2018. Wind now employs 114,000 people in all 50 states. More than 24,000 of those jobs are in over 500 wind manufacturing facilities …
76,000 Employed in Clean Energy in Wisconsin
Wisconsin has 76,383 clean energy jobs of the more than 737,031 in the 12 Midwest States according the Clean Jobs Midwest 2019 survey. That places WI fifth in the region, as seen in the first bar graph below. Within …
Ashley Furniture to invest $29M in solar energy; Arcadia project to be largest rooftop system in state
Ashley Furniture’s headquarters and manufacturing facility in Arcadia, Wis., has about 67 acres of roof, which can accommodate a roughly 7-megawatt solar array that would be the largest rooftop system in Wisconsin. Wisconsin-based Ashley Furniture …
Developer Invenergy proposes large solar-plus-storage project in Wisconsin
The developer of a proposed solar farm in Iowa County is planning a second solar farm in Kenosha County that could feature the first utility-scale battery storage in Wisconsin. Chicago-based Invenergy last week submitted an …
First Large-Scale Solar Farms Approved for Wisconsin
Wisconsin will increase its solar generation nearly 5 times with the recently approved 450 MW large-scale solar farms in Iowa and Manitowoc/ Kewaunee Counties (see EnergyOnWI news, May/June 2018). The 300 MW Badger Hollow Solar Farm …
PSC Asks for Public Comment on NG Plant through May 31
The Public Service Commission of Wisconsin (PSCW) will accept public comment until May 31 on the proposed site of the 550 MW, $700 million combined-cycle natural gas plant, Nemadji Trail Energy Center, approved by Minnesota’s utility commission in …
Student Groups’ Successful Collaboration Shines
UW-Madison’s Gordon Dining & Event Center now features a solar PV array that will produce 42,800 kWh of electricity per year to help power the building. The system will save University Housing approximately $1,300 per …
SC Johnson’s Racine HQ to Go Geothermal
SC Johnson will power its headquarters in Racine, WI with geothermal energy by 2020 that will decrease energy consumption by an estimated 42 percent. The GeoExchange system will replace an inefficient boiler facility with an energy-efficient thermal …
WE Energies and WPS Seek Rate Increases
We Energies asked the PSCW to approve a 5.9 percent increase in its electric rates of 2.9 percent in 2020 and another 2.9 percent in 2021. This would amount to a $72 per year increase …