For the 2014 Fiscal Year, the Rural Energy for America Program (REAP) awarded 50 grants out of 88 applicants in Wisconsin. The total amount allocated was $1.14 million. The initial WI grant allocation of $1,039,000 …
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Municipal Solar Resources
Need help with permitting, zoning, or financing solutions for solar in your community? Wisconsin municipalities can tap into more resources to support solar deployment through the Grow Solar Partnership. This initiative, led by the Midwest Renewable …
RENEW Recognizes Wisconsin Clean Energy Installations and Individuals
At the RENEW Energy Policy Summit held January 2015, 16 clean energy projects that came on line in 2014 representing nearly six megawatts of energy were highlighted. They included biogas, hydro, solar utility and community projects as …
Rishi Tea Saves with Focus on Energy Design Assistance
Rishi Tea, growing at a rate of 10 percent per year, designed and built a new state-of-the-art 50,000 square foot facility in Milwaukee’s Menomonee Valley using the Focus on Energy Design Assistance Program. The Program …
Wisconsin has Highest Potential for Combined Heat and Power in the Midwest
Combined heat and power (CHP) or cogeneration systems are energy efficient, help with resiliency, and could help comply with carbon pollution reduction requirements. CHP, the generation of on-site electricity that captures the waste heat (thermal energy) …
WI Electric Rate Cases Finalized
The PSC finalized their decisions to increase fixed base electric rates to customers in WPS, We Energies and Madison Gas & Electric territories. For details see Utility Rate Restructuring Decisions in December Energy On Wisconsin news. …
ENERGY STAR for Apartment, Condo Buildings Awarded
The EPA has recognized the first 17 existing apartment and condo buildings for superior energy performance with ENERGY STAR’s new multifamily building certification. With energy costs for renters increasing by 20 percent on average over …
The Catholic Multicultural Center Adds Solar
The Catholic Multicultural Center (CMC), Madison, WI, installed a 15.5 kW solar photovoltaic system in October that is expected to free up 10 percent of their energy costs or enough to provide just under 10,000 …
Gundersen Health System Achieves Energy Independence
Gundersen Health System, La Crosse, Wisconsin, is the first health system in the nation to offset 100 percent of their fossil fuel use with locally produced energy. Hospitals are energy intensive operations contributing eight percent …
Utility Rate Restructuring Decisions
The Wisconsin Public Service Commission (PSC) made preliminary decisions on three utility rate design cases between November 6 and Thanksgiving with final action expected before the end of the year. WPS, We Energies and MGE …