Clean energy projects in Dane County included in a professional development course tour by UW-Madison Extension, Advancing Clean Energy In Wisconsin on August 19, 2019. Photos include presenters: John Welch, Dane County’s renewable natural gas (RNG) facility; Dave Toso, MGE’s Middleton …
Projects
Beloit Coal Plant Turned LEED Student Center
The Beloit College Powerhouse, redesigned and renovated from the 100-year-old Blackhawk coal-fired Generating Station along the Rock River, will become a model of energy efficiency. It will use the river water in radiant panels integrated …
Community Solar Shines on Chequamegon Bay
Xcel Energy’s 1MW Solar*Connect Community solar garden in Ashland, WI is sited next to Xcel’s field office. This is Xcel’s 3rd community solar installation in Wisconsin. Subscribers are able to offset up to 100 percent of their average …
Madison First to Go All-Electric BCycle Fleet
Trek, the organizer of BCycle bike share program, transitioned Madison’s entire BCycle fleet to electric bikes in June. Although, Trek has begun this process in other U.S. cities, Madison is the first to reach 100 percent …
Wisconsin Middle School Wind Competitors Go To Nationals
Darlington Middle School Breezy Bees is an all girls team of 7th and 8th graders that competed at the UW-Madison Wisconsin Energy Institute March 30th, 2019 (see EnergyOnWI March 2019 News Article). Erica Meylor, Aubrey McCarthy, …
Madison College 2.86 MW Solar Dedication
Madison College Solar PV system ribbon cutting where Lieutenant Governor Mandela Barnes joins Madison College President Dr. Jack Daniels, MGE CEO Jeff Keebler, and Madison College professor Ken Walz in flipping on inverters. The ribbon …
Reducing the Carbon Footprint of Cheese
Emmi Roth, a Swiss specialty cheese producer with a plant in Platteville, WI, installed over 1,600 solar panels (527 kW) on the roof of their Wisconsin facility. The installation, by Eagle Point Solar of Dubuque, …
City of Beaver Dam Solar Financials
Beaver Dam’s city hall plus fire department building is all decked out in 308 solar panels for Halloween 2018. For the City, this 105 kW solar system is a sweet treat of $62,000 of Focus …
Epic System’s Commercial Wind Turbine Project
Photo of Epic System’s commercial wind turbine project. Located along Highway 12 northwest of Madison in the Town of Springfield, a total of six turbines were installed in 2012. Click here to read more. Springfield,WI …
NWTC Mobile Smart Grid Training Lab
The 53-foot Smart Grid Training Lab of Northeast Wisconsin Technical College (NWTC) is a mobile training facility for electric utilities and other organizations interested in operating a smart grid. Operable on the grid or as a micro-grid, …