Awards
Eau Claire Awarded SolSmart Gold Award for Commitment to Solar Energy
The City of Eau Claire was awarded a SolSmart Gold designation in October 2017. The gold-level designation is the the top honor awarded by SolSmart, a U.S. Department of Energy-supported nonprofit program that connects local …
Community Buildings
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 …
Evergreen Credit Union is Carbon Neutral for Electricity
Evergreen Credit Union (ECU) in Neenah, Wisconsin earned ENERGY STAR certification in 2015 then installed a 56.4 kW photovoltaic system that produces enough electricity to meet 80 percent of their remaining annual electricity demand. The …
Green Lake County Justice Center
LEED Silver certified green building. Green Lake County Photo courtesy of Sherrie Gruder
Schools
Lake Mills Elementary’s EcoScreen
Photo of Lake Mills Elementary EcoScreen. The EcoScreen educates students about their building’s energy use and green features. As a LEED v4 Beta project, Lake Mills Elementary includes geothermal heating and cooling, solar electric and …
Solar Gardens
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 …
Sunflower I Community Solar Garden – Saint Croix Electric Coop
St. Croix Electric Cooperative’s 103 kW community solar garden became operational in July 2014. Called Sunflower 1, the solar PV array is expected to produce enough electricity annually to power 13 homes. Wisconsin’s second community …
Vernon Electric Cooperative Solar Farm
Solar and sheep co-located at Vernon County Electric Cooperative’s community solar garden. Vernon Electric Cooperative (VEC) partnered with Clean Energy Collective (CEC), a national community solar developer, on a community-owned utility-scale solar project in Wisconsin. …
Solar with Agriculture
(Top) Solar and sheep co-located at Vernon County Electric Cooperative’s community solar garden. Photo courtesy of Vernon Electric Cooperative (Bottom) A sunflower and solar farm by Convergence Energy in Delavan, WI, produced both sunflowers for …
Reports
Power Through Partnerships: Brown County and the Oneida Tribe Working Toward Energy Independence
See for yourself how two Wisconsin local governments are moving toward energy independence in this short YouTube video, Power Through Partnerships. The video explores Brown County and the Oneida Tribe’s visions, planning, funding and evaluation of …