The largest and most advanced microgrid in the Midwest is being built near Appleton to power the Gordon Bubolz Nature Center with renewable energy. The new 18,000 square foot center, to be completed January 2018 …
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GridOptimal Initiative – Developing a New Rating System Opportunity
The GridOptimal Initiative will develop a new rating system and metric for building-grid interactions through a collaboration between the US Green Building Council and New Buildings Institute. There are currently no metrics that define building-level grid citizenship, or …
Pleasant Prairie Power Plant Ends Operation
Article originally published by Wisconsin Public Radio One of Wisconsin’s largest coal-fired power plants, We Energies’ Pleasant Prairie facility in Kenosha County, has permanently shut down about a week ahead of schedule. The power company announced …
Wisconsin Firms to Receive Energy Star Awards
C.S. Construction of Eau Claire, Kohl’s Department Stores and Focus on Energy are among 163 partners in the Energy Star program that will be honored this month in Washington D.C. They will receive awards from the EPA …
UW students to install solar panels in Puerto Rico
Article originally published by CBS 58 A group of at least 30 students from University of Wisconsin-Madison has started Solar Para Niños, a project to implement solar energy in Puerto Rico. The students plan to …
Milwaukee High Schooler Lands Solar Job
When his Milwaukee charter school, Escuela Verde, was able to install a solar PV system with a grant from RENEW’s Solar for Good program, senior Daniel Rodriguez used the opportunity to scale-up a smaller solar-focused senior thesis project he was planning. Encouraged by …
Milwaukee RFPs approach 1MW of Solar
The City of Milwaukee just released an RFP due May 10 to qualified solar electricity installers and third party participant (TPP) investors for six solar electric systems totaling approximately 1.1 megawatts. The systems will be …
Solar Funding for Small Nonprofits
RE-volv, a national nonprofit organization, works with small solar projects (under 30 kW) for nonprofit organizations. To start, they are enlisting “solar ambassadors” at colleges to raise money (currently through crowdfunding campaigns) to put solar on nonprofits, and …
Wisconsin Local Government Summit on Energy and Resilience
The Wisconsin Local Government Summit: Leading the Charge is designed for municipal officials and staff, school board and committee members, and local energy groups to explore practical approaches and emerging issues in clean energy and …
$2 million We Energies grant fuels new energy exhibit at Discovery World
Article originally published by On Milwaukee Thanks to a $2 million grant from the We Energies Foundation, Discovery World will get a new immersive energy exhibition called “Power On” that will show how a variety of forms …