Apply by March 5th to become a Host Institution for the U.S. Department of Energy Clean Energy Innovator Fellowship program. The program aims to grow the clean energy workforce by placing qualified graduates and energy …
Utilities, Micro Grids, & Infrastructure
First Utility-Installed Microgrid Takes DNR Site Off-Grid
The first utility–installed microgrid in Wisconsin took a DNR park building and cabin off the grid. Alliant Energy and the WI Department of Natural Resources (DNR) designed and installed a small 6 kW solar array …
Alliant Energy Battery Storage
Dave Sinner, Product Manager at Alliant Energy, provides a tour of a battery storage system they are piloting at their Madison headquarters. Photo courtesy of Sherrie Gruder, UW-Madison Extension
MGE’s Solar Bucky
MGE’s “Bucky Energized” axiom is The Power of Working Together. This could also be called Energy On Wisconsin! …Foundation. Bucky is flanked by Andy Kellen (right), VP of Power Supply Resources at WPPI Energy and a SunPeak representative as we emerged from an …
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
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, …