Article originally published by Milwaukee Business Journal Milwaukee Ald. Tony Zielinski is proposing legislation that would require solar-powered energy systems be installed in newly constructed small residential constructions projects. The legislation would impact housing projects less than …
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Calumet County Adopts PACE
Calumet County became the 33rd county to adopt a PACE ordinance that will help their commercial sector obtain low-cost, long term loans for energy efficiency, water conservation and renewable energy projects. The Property Assessed Clean Energy …
The Oneida Tribal Project expected to save money and reduce carbon dioxide emissions
Article originally published by Fox11 News The Oneida Tribal Project will use solar panels on six facilities within the Tribe’s reservation. It will provide 800 kilowatts of solar electric power. That’s enough energy to power …
La Crosse 100-Day Mayor’s Home Energy Challenge
The City of La Crosse Mayor, Tim Kabat, launched a clean energy challenge on September 17 to encourage 100 homeowners to improve their energy efficiency and help to reduce the city’s carbon footprint. The City, …
Madison’s Huge Leap Toward 100% Renewable Energy
In moving toward its 100% renewable energy goal for city operations, the City of Madison has decided to finance 14 MW of new solar on five sites in west and southwest Wisconsin. Sites include Argyle, …
The Vision for US Community Solar: A Roadmap to 2030 and Beyond
Article originally published by Vote Solar A new study from GTM Research found that the U.S. community solar market could grow up to 50-80 times its current size by 2030 to 57-84 GW. This equates …
First Clean Energy Credit Union Launched
The first Clean Energy Credit Union is open for business. It’s an on-line only, not-for-profit, federally insured financial institution that provides banking services of a credit union but focuses solely on lending for clean energy …
The offices are greener in Chicago for a second straight year
Article originally published by Chicago Business Chicago is the greenest U.S. city to work in for the second year running, with about 70 percent of its office space now certified for environmental efficiency, a new …
Corporations Set Renewable Energy Record Already in 2018
The Rocky Mountain Institute’s Business Renewables Center (BRC) reported that US corporate renewable energy procurement achieved a new record in 2018, with 3.57 gigawatts (GW) of announced clean energy projects to date. This is up from 2.9 …
Wisconsin Solar Tour
Join homes and businesses showing their sunny side on Saturday, October 6th from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. in the statewide ASES Solar Tour. Coordinated by the American Solar Energy Society (ASES) on the same …