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 …
Director’s Note
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 …
December 2016 DIRECTOR’S NOTE
Looking back at Energy on Wisconsin News in 2016, articles about solar dominated followed in decreasing order by policy & utility rate cases, energy efficiency, business/economy, wind and green building. Here’s a review of the energy highlights …
October/November 2016 DIRECTOR’S NOTE
It’s Time for Companies to be Strategic About Energy, an article in Harvard Business Review by Andrew Winston, summarizes a path for managing energy more strategically at all levels of a business. Capitalizing on energy as a strategic …