MADISON, WI – Dane County is converting its parks and public works trucks to run on compressed natural gas (CNG) from the county’s landfill. The county partnered with private companies that specialize in turning trash …
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Stevens Point Water & Sewage Department Solar
Stevens Point Water & Sewerage Department garage 130kW rooftop solar. The Sewer operation produces on average 80 percent of its own electricity and 90 percent of its own heat. Photo courtesy of the City of Stevens Point
MGE & Middleton 5 MW Solar Shares Groundbreaking
Middleton Mayor declares Solar Power Day, at the sunny October 28 groundbreaking for the Madison Gas & Electric 5 MW Shared Solar community solar garden on Middleton Municipal Airport Morey Field land. The City purchased 500 …
Small Village, Big Solar in Amherst
The 22 kW solar PV system at the Jensen Community Center (CC) in Amherst, WI was developed through a collaboration between Central Waters Brewing Company and Blenker Companies with the Jensen CC board. These two …
GreenWhey Energy Plant
By Heidi Clausen of The Country Today February 27, 2013 TURTLE LAKE — After some delays, a $28.5 million anaerobic digester facility tasked with converting wastewater from northwest Wisconsin food companies into green energy is …
UW – Madison Extension Professional Development Training
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 …
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, …