Photos courtesy of Sherrie Gruder, UW-Madison Extension. Opportunity seized to install a heat pump water heater to replace a conventional old residential 75 gallon natural gas unit that stopped working. Electrician installed a 30 AMP …
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Wisconsin Manufacturer Tests First North American Electric Fire Truck with MFD at Madison’s New Green Fleet Facility
An Appleton manufacturer of firetrucks, Pierce, has produced a zero emissions battery-electric fire truck- the Pierce Volterra Pumper that has been piloted with the City of Madison Fleet Service and Fire Department (MFD). MFD and …
Large Scale Solar Grows in Dane County
In June 2021, Dane County’s largest solar array became operational. The 20MW O’Brien Solar Fields owned by Madison Gas & Electric encompasses 160 acres and over 60,000 panels on farmland in Fitchburg. The arrays consist of bifacial …
Residential Bifacial Solar PV Panel Installation
A 7kW ground mount bifacial solar PV array is installed at a house in Westport WI as part of the western Dane County solar group buy. The panels generate electricity from the underside as well, …
Racine Leases Land to We Energies for Solar Now
The City of Racine leases land to We Energies through the Solar Now program in Olsen Prairie Park for a 600 kW solar system. SunVest is the Wisconsin contractor hired by We Energies for their Solar Now …
Multifamily Housing with Affordable Units Shines with Solar PV
Stagecoach Trails Apartments, a 46 unit multifamily building completed in 2019 in the City of Middleton, hosts a 24.8 kW solar PV system that helps offset electricity in the common areas of the building. TIF funding …
Parrfection Produces Solar Too
David Parr and Victoria Solomon, of Parrfection Produce, LLC in Green County outside of Monticello, Wisconsin, went solar to grow their business long term. They grow, aggregate, and distribute produce in the upper Midwest. Having learned …
Horseradish Cooled by the Sun
Huntsinger Farms, the world’s largest horseradish grower and processor, began generating some of their own electricity the end of June at their Eau Claire farm. Their 100 kW AC solar PV system, installed by Carlson …
Alliant Energy announces six new solar projects in Wisconsin
Article originally published by Alliant Energy. Alliant Energy (NASDAQ: LNT) announces plans [May 26, 2020] to acquire and advance 675 megawatts (MW) of solar in mostly rural areas in six Wisconsin counties: Grant, Jefferson, Richland, …
150 MW Solar Farm Proposed in Sheboygan County
The Town of Holland in Sheboygan County might become the site for a 150MW solar farm. The project called Onion River Solar, would occupy 1,000 – 1,200 acres and be built, subject to PSC approval, in …