Director’s Note

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 …

Since 2014, Wisconsin municipalities, tribes, school districts, and nonprofits have entered into public-private partnerships with third–party private businesses, which can take advantage of federal tax credits, as a way to finance solar PV projects on their property …

Large-Scale Solar and Agriculture The rural Midwest added 2.3 gigawatts of wind and solar in 2017 and clean energy (including energy efficiency, renewable energy, alternative transportation fuels) became a central driver of the rural economy. …