Wisconsin cities are beginning to leapfrog over their energy independent community goals of generating 25% renewable energy locally by 2025 to 100 percent renewable energy use by 2050. Madison, Eau Claire, Middleton and others are …
Director’s Note
February/March 2018 v.2 Director’s Note
News of two recent milestones are additional indicators that the transformation to a clean energy future is accelerating. One is the trend among major corporations to work toward a zero net energy (or zero greenhouse …
January 2018 Director’s Note
Global 100% Renewable Energy is a transformative initiative for a renewable energy future for power, heating/cooling and transportation widely adopted globally in 2017 ISES. In the US, more than 50 cities committed to 100% renewable energy goals …
December 2017 Director’s Note
In January, US DOE published its 2017 Energy and Employment Report reporting 3.3 million American jobs in the $200 billion advanced energy industry, which is larger than the pharmaceutical industry. In the Midwest, clean energy jobs grew almost five …
November 2017 Director’s Note
For clean-energy jobs, sky’s the limit was the headline of an article the Wisconsin State Journal picked up from the Minneapolis Star Tribune on November 27. The article describes the burgeoning jobs market in solar and …
September 2017 Director’s Note
The solar jobs success story in the US, as detailed in articles below, may soon change after a decision by the International Trade Commission (ITC) is announced Friday, September 22. The trade case will decide whether …
May 2017 Updated DIRECTOR’S Note
Solar Energy Financing Guide: Empowering Wisconsin Local Governments is now available online as a pdf and can be accessed on the resources page of the Energy On Wisconsin website as well. The guide is described in the first news …
April/May 2017 DIRECTOR’S NOTE
Energy fared well in the Congressional budget deal preserving funding for important programs that save energy and create jobs and economic growth. The budget continues essential programs of the Department of Energy, Advanced Manufacturing Office, …
March 2017 DIRECTOR’S NOTE
Since March 8 was International Women’s Day, it’s a good time to point out that women have had and continue to play key roles in the energy arena. Looking back, women invented the electric water …
January/February 2017 DIRECTOR’S NOTE
Wind and solar energy are now the cheapest available sources of electricity in many places across the US, without federal subsidies. This was shown in Lazard’s annual report on the levelized cost of energy (LCOE) for different electricity-generating technologies. The …