The Neshkoro Fire Protection District in Marquette County will offset 92% of its energy costs with their 14 kW (DC) pole mounted solar array. The system was installed by All Sky Energy and some of …
Recent Projects
Sheboygan Senior Community 200kW Solar Project Underway
Sheboygan Senior Community (SSC) broke ground October 14th on their 38 acre campus for a 200kW solar project. The 448 bifacial solar panels will provide an estimated 28 percent of the campus electricity use and …
Manitowoc County Economy Gains from Point Beach Solar Energy
The 100 MW Point Beach Solar Energy Center, commissioned at the end of September, created 200 construction jobs and stimulated the regional economy with sales of local goods and services during the 10 months of …
Fifteen Projects to Promote Resilience Against Power Outages Underway with PSC Funding
Fifteen critical infrastructure microgrid and community resilience center projects have begun this fall across Wisconsin because of over $900,000 in funding awarded by the Public Service Commission. The projects will test the feasibility of energy …
Wisconsin’s First Net Zero School – Forest Edge Elementary
Oregon School District’s 126,000 square foot Forest Edge Elementary School is the first zero net energy school built in Wisconsin. The new $40 million school, designed and built by Bray Architects, HGA and Findorff with …
Heat Pump Water Heater Installation – Going Electric
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 …
Madison’s Electric Fire Truck, Green Fleet and 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 …
Solar Puts Homeowners Near Net Zero Carbon for Electricity Plus Tranportation
It took a while, but Sherrie Gruder and Wayne Harris are finally getting what they’ve been working toward for months– a 7 kW ground mount bifacial solar array for their home. They began the process …
Bad River Tribe Leads State on Solar Plus Storage Microgrids
The Bad River Band of Lake Superior Indians is completing a substantial solar + storage project that was funded with a $1 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy. This 524kW solar photovoltaic (PV) project is …