Beth Israel Center in Madison, WI was the first grantee to install a 62 kW photovoltaic system with funding from RENEW Wisconsin’s Solar for Good grant program. Madison, WI 3-2018 Photo courtesy of RENEW Wisconsin
Projects
Madeline Island Recycling Solar Arrays
A 22.8 kW roof-mounted solar PV array at the Madeline Island Materials Recovery Center to supply all of the electricity for their operations such as glass crushing. The $50,000 array was funded through multiple sources …
Northern Great Lakes Visitor Center Solar
100kW ground mounted solar PV array at Northern Great Lakes Visitor Center began operation January 2017 offsetting 42 percent of the Center’s electricity use. Extensive energy efficiency upgrades to the center in early 2017 will …
Solar in Rural Wisconsin
Sawyer County Housing Authority (SCHA) partnered with Carlson Electric to install 52 renewable energy rooftop mounted solar systems across six housing development sites in rural Wisconsin. The solar energy project will offset approximately 90 percent …
Ale Asylum Solar
SunPeak installed a 100kW solar PV electric system with funding from Focus on Energy. After energy efficiency measures, the solar system will generate approximately 20% of the Ale Asylum’s electricity use. Also, they signed onto …
Holy Cross Solar
The Sisters of St. Francis of the Holy Cross in Green Bay are turning to solar to reduce their annual electricity costs. Among the top 25 largest solar PV systems in the state, the Sisters’ …
Midwest Renewable Energy Association Renewable Energy Fair
Custer, WI Photo courtesy of Sherrie Gruder
Feed The Beast
They are hard to miss at Reeve Memorial Union: Waste receptacles turned green beasts holding “Feed me” signs. Beginning this spring semester, the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh’s sustainability office, in partnership with Sodexo, Reeve Union …
Redtail Ridge Retreat: Off-grid Residence
Off-grid house powered by 1.2 kW solar PV with battery storage, 1.0 kW wind, solar hot water system, and wood for the wood-fired hot tub. Brooklyn, Wisconsin Photo courtesy of Cheryl Rezabek
Urban Ecology Center Solar Chimney-Menomonee Valley
Solar chimney preheats air to the Heat Recovery Ventilator in the winter saving energy and cost to bring the fresh air from outside ambient temperature up to room temperature. Milwaukee County Photo courtesy of Gustavo …