Published: February 24, 2010
Tags: clean energy bill, Doyle, energy, jobs, nuclear, renewable energy, renewable sources, solar
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Gov. Jim Doyle says he’s open to approving a scaled-back clean energy bill as long as a key provision setting new renewable energy standards remains in tact.
Doyle said the crux of the sweeping measure being debated in the Legislature would require 25 percent of Wisconsin’s energy to come from renewable sources [...]
Published: February 16, 2010
Tags: common council, energy, Ingeteam, jobs, Leinenkugel, manufacturing, Marcoux, Menomonee Valley, Menomonee Valley Industrial Center, Milwaukee, MSI General, MSI General Corp., PSC, Public Service Commission of Wisconsin, renewable energy, solar, Sotes, Spain, wind, wind farm, Wisconsin Department of Commerce, Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce
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By Sean Ryan
Renewable energy requirements that will help Ingeteam Inc. thrive in Milwaukee’s Menomonee Valley are a threat to businesses already in Wisconsin, according to a statewide business group.
“Wisconsin’s not going to be able to attract businesses to our state if we continue to make electricity more expensive here than it is in other states [...]
Published: February 13, 2010
Tags: alternative energy, energy, global warming, NRC, nuclear, nuclear plants, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Obama, power, power plant, The Southern Co.
By BEN FELLER
Associated Press Writer
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration’s planned loan guarantee to build the first nuclear power plant in the United States in almost three decades is part of a broad shift in energy strategy to lessen dependence on foreign oil and reduce the use of other fossil fuels blamed for global warming.
President [...]
Published: February 3, 2010
Tags: blog, Chernobyl, energy, Fetters, Hot Topics, nuclear, reactor, Three Mile Island
Comments: 1
By Tom Fetters
copy editor
Whenever I learn about safety problems – or potential safety problems – at nuclear power plants, I wonder again whether nuclear energy is the right choice.
Published: January 31, 2010
Tags: clean energy, energy, nuclear, Obama
By DINA CAPPIELLO and MATTHEW DALY
Associated Press Writers
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is endorsing nuclear energy like never before, trying to win over Republicans and moderate Democrats on climate and energy legislation.
Obama singled out nuclear power in his State of the Union address, and his spending plan for the next budget year is expected [...]
Published: January 26, 2010
Tags: Black, clean energy, Cowles, Doyle, energy, energy-efficient, green energy, jobs, Miller, Plale, Soletski, State of the State, unemployment, Vos
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By Paul Snyder
A call by Gov. Jim Doyle in the State of the State speech to put partisanship aside and pass a bill creating green jobs in Wisconsin left some GOP lawmakers seeing red.
“It’s a bill written by people with vested interests,” said state Rep. Robin Vos, R-Racine. “There’s no way it’s going to get [...]
Published: January 25, 2010
Tags: E Wind, energy, PSC, turbine, wind, Wisconsin Public Service Commission
Comments: 1
E Wind LLC, Columbus, Wis., has received approval to proceed with its 30-megawatt, 18-turbine wind project in Wisconsin, according to a report from North American Windpower.
The company received approval from the town of Randolph, through a joint development agreement, which was contingent on approval of the Glacier Hills Wind Farm project by the Wisconsin Public [...]
Published: January 22, 2010
Tags: blog, Columbia County, electricity, energy, Glacier Hills, Hot Topics, PSC, Public Service Commission of Wisconsin, renewable energy, We Energies, wind farm, Yovino
Comments: 1
By Joe Yovino
web editor
In the near future, residents of northeast Columbia County could see a skyline inhabited with large windmill-looking things spinning in the distance.
Published: January 21, 2010
Tags: energy, GOP, green, jobs, Republicans, Senate
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Republicans in the state Senate are laying out their own vision for creating jobs.
They rolled out the plan hours before the Senate is expected to vote on a Democratic job bill. That measure would expand tax credits for angel and venture investments, create more grant funding for businesses and expand programs [...]
Published: January 21, 2010
Tags: energy, grants, green, jobs, tax credit
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Democrats’ plan for creating jobs and improving Wisconsin’s economy is scheduled for a vote Thursday in the Senate.
All 18 Democrats have signed on as sponsors of the plan, which has no Republican support.
The proposal would expand the state program that provides tax credits for angel and venture capital investment. It [...]
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