Kickapoo Coffee, Viroqua, Wisconsin, is one of the first commercial coffee toasters in the U.S. powered entirely by solar energy. Kickapoo installed a 25 kW, 80 panel solar array that eliminated all their electricity purchases. …
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Sauk County Bidding Third Party Solar Project
Sauk county is shepherding a third party solar energy project on municipal rooftops through the process and may go out to bid for a private investor to finance the project. The county commissioned a study …
MGE Plans Community Solar in Middleton
Madison Gas & Electric (MGE) is partnering with the City of Middleton to install a solar energy system on their Municipal Operations Center that will generate 500 kilowatts of electricity that will feed back into …
Taylor Electric Community Solar
Taylor Electric Coop’s Bright Horizons 100.8 kilowatt community solar project in Medford, WI provided investor members with their first credit on September’s energy bill. Community solar is a simple, affordable way for individuals and businesses …
Alliant Solar Project
Wisconsin’s largest solar power project is being planned by Alliant Energy Corporation in a 10-year power purchase agreement (PPA) with Hanwha Q CELLS USA. The system, to be owned and operated by Hanwha, will be …
Wisconsin Ranks 22 in Energy Efficiency
ACEEE issued the 2015 State Energy Scorecard where Wisconsin ranked 22nd in energy efficiency. With a score of 18 out of 50, criteria included items like financial incentives, public building requirements, fleets, performance contracting, and research and …
Utility Fee On Solar Rejected
We Energies’ rate case approved by the public Service Commission (PSC) last December included a new fee (capacity demand charge) on customers who generate their own power with solar, biogas, and hydropower and feed that …
Green Building & LEED Add Significantly to GDP, Jobs, Labor Earnings, Savings
The cumulative direct economic impact of green construction nationally from 2011-2014 was $167 billion to GDP, 2.1 million jobs and $148 billion in labor earnings according to The Green Building Economic Impact Study prepared for the US …
Energy Efficiency Improvement Act Signed into Law
The Energy Efficiency Improvement Act of 2015, a small energy efficiency bill with significant bipartisan support was signed into law by President Obama (Public Law No: 114-11) April 30, 2015. The law (1) requires a feasibility study on …
Energy Center of Wisconsin becomes Seventhwave
The Energy Center of Wisconsin changed their name to Seventhwave to better illustrate the dynamic nature of their work nationwide. There’s an old story about the seventh wave in a set being the biggest–bolder and more …