Director’s Note

These times we are in are unprecedented. This pandemic has most Wisconsinites and much of the nation at home, global supply chains slowed down, local governments in critical services mode, businesses struggling, and schools and …

The renewable energy sector is beginning to experience disruptions to its global supply chain as a result of the coronavirus, COVID-19.  Both wind and solar developers are being notified that delivery dates for components are …

There have been no slow clean energy news months in 2019. With the holidays upon us, renewable projects are being completed and planned, state and federal energy policy is being made and challenged, and businesses, …

October was marked with significant progress toward the clean energy transition in Wisconsin and globally. In Wisconsin, the major advancement was Alliant Energy’s announcement to build 1,000 megawatts (1 gigawatt) of solar energy in Wisconsin …

Clean energy is in the spotlight across the nation and in Wisconsin this fall. The week of September 23 was National Clean Energy Week and October 2, 2019 was annual Energy Efficiency Day.  The list of businesses and …

Labor Day is a good time to recognize the near quarter million jobs in the solar industry. In support of those jobs, a five-year extension of the 30 percent Federal Solar Investment Tax Credit (ITC) …

July 2019’s news reflects Wisconsin’s escalating engagement in a rapid transformation to clean energy. Strong opposition to We Energies’ filing for a solar surcharge on individuals and small business that have installed their own solar …

Summer Solstice just passed, so we’re half way through 2019 and only 6 years away from 2025 – the year to achieve Energy Independent Community (EIC) Goals. More than 140 Wisconsin communities signed EIC resolutions (many …

Three transformational milestones toward a clean energy economy have just been reached: 1) one in five Americans now live in states committed to 100 percent clean power; 2) renewables generated more electricity than coal for a month …

April is the month of Earth Day (April 22), started in 1970 by Wisconsin Senator Gaylord Nelson, and now celebrated in nearly 200 countries worldwide. Twenty million people participated in the first Earth Day, created …