Extensions of the Federal Renewable Energy Investment Tax Credits (ITC), passed by the House and Senate in the budget bill and signed by the President on December 18, 2015, will create stability in renewable energy (RE) investments …
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La Farge Municipal Utility Embarks on Community Solar
An advisory committee of businesses, residents and the Village of La Farge Community Solar Project that will be the first in Wisconsin by a municipal utility. The project would provide between 300 kilowatts to 1 …
City-wide Cool Choices to Energy Savings
The City of Madison has been chosen as one of the 50 semifinalists for the Georgetown University Energy Prize. This is a national competition to promote energy efficiency by local governments and their community with a $5 million …
Letterhead Press Installs Solar
Letterhead Press Inc., New Berlin, WI, recently installed 1,300 solar panels, making this 337 kilowatt system one of the largest solar projects of 2015. This solar system will generate one quarter of Letterhead’s annual energy …
Largest Milwaukee Office Building to Earn LEED Gold for High Performance
A 30 story, 654,000 square foot, multi-tenant, class A office building, 411 East Wisconsin, is the largest in Milwaukee to receive a LEED gold certification for an Existing Building Operations & Maintenance (LEED O+M) from …
Energy Efficiency Jobs Increase 500%- Focus on Energy a Big WI Contributor
The rate of growth for jobs in energy efficiency nationally has increased by 500 percent since 2009 according to Coyne College that compiled data on sustainability jobs overall. Wisconsin, California, New Mexico, Texas, Indiana, Georgia, Virginia and …
Johnson Controls Merger
Johnson Controls, Inc. (JCI) will have a bigger global presence in the building products market through its acquisition of Tyco, a global fire and security system company based in Cork, Ireland. The combined company will …
Nuclear in Wisconsin Revisited
The Wisconsin Assembly passed AB 384/ SB288, which would change the state’s energy priorities policy and would repeal the 1983 restrictions to building a new nuclear power plant. The restrictions required that there is a federally licensed storage …
Appeals Court Supports Clean Power Plan
A Federal appeals court rejected a plea by Wisconsin and more than two dozen other states that sought to delay enforcement of the the US EPA Clean Power Plan (CPP), which is designed to cut …
World’s First Solar Road Exceeds Expectations
The first SolaRoad, completed November 2014 in the Netherlands, generated 3,000 kilowatt hours of electricity in the first six months. This is equivalent to the amount of electricity needed for a single-person household for one year. The SolaRoad is currently 70 …