Published: July 14, 2010
Tags: Best Power International, EyeOn Energy, Minneapolis Convention Center, Office of Energy Security, Public Utility Commission, Renewable Development Fund, solar, Xcel Energy
By Bob Geiger
Dolan Media Newswires
Minneapolis — The array will go up.
Sometimes it just takes more than one grant designation, particularly if the solar array is for the Minneapolis Convention Center roof.
The estimated $5 million project includes 2,600 photovoltaic panels expected to produce 601 kilowatts of electricity. But, primarily because of a 2009 dispute between Minneapolis [...]
Published: July 7, 2010
Tags: Helios USA, Menomonee Valley, solar
The city of Milwaukee and its partners in business development will officially welcome Helios USA LLC at 12:30 p.m. Thursday at Helios’ new home, 1207 W. Canal St. in Milwaukee’s Menomonee Valley.
Helios will make photovoltaic components for solar energy installations using advanced automated production techniques. The company’s products will be used in both commercial and [...]
Published: July 2, 2010
Tags: Brown County Citizens for Responsible Wind Energy, Brown County Ledge Wind Farm, geothermal, Invenergy LLC, Public Service Commission of Wisconsin, solar, Ted Zigmunt, wind farm
Comments: 1
Paul Snyder
paul.snyder@dailyreporter.com
Unrest among Brown County neighbors of what would be Wisconsin’s largest wind farm is reason enough for the state to consider alternative projects, said a lawmaker from the area.
State Rep. Ted Zigmunt, D-Francis Creek, said the Public Service Commission of Wisconsin should consider energy projects such as geothermal and solar hot water for individual [...]
Published: June 11, 2010
Tags: energy, Governorís Task Force on Climate Change, Legislature, Michael Vickerman, plasma gasification, RENEW Wisconsin, solar, wind
Editor’s Note: This letter is in response to a blog posted June 6 on dailyreporter.com. Read the blog post.
To the editor:
RENEW Wisconsin, the organization I work for, has been an organized voice for renewable energy producers and users since 1991. Among our 65 business members are firms specializing in biomass energy, biogas energy and hydroelectric [...]
Published: June 3, 2010
Tags: Alliance Federated Energy LLC, garbage, plasma gasification, renewable energy, solar, wind
Comments: 8
Sean Ryan
sean.ryan@dailyreporter.com
Wind and solar advocates are resisting the market competition posed by plants that burn garbage for electricity.
Under a state law change approved this year, the garbage technology, called plasma gasification, is in the same category as wind and solar as avenues for utilities to meet state renewable energy mandates.
Charlene Lemoine, waste issues representative for [...]
Published: March 22, 2010
Tags: City-County building, Dane County, Department of Energy, energy, Falk, solar, stimulus
Comments: 2
Dane County Executive Kathleen Falk announced Monday that the U.S. Department of Energy approved more than $2.2 million in stimulus money for county energy-efficiency and renewable-energy projects.
The federal dollars will pay for many projects to make older than 50-year-old county buildings more energy efficient and less costly to operate.
Work will include installing solar panels on [...]
Published: March 12, 2010
Tags: ABC, AGC, Associated Builders and Contractors, Associated General Contractors, bill, Boetcher, Clean Energy Jobs Act, Helios USA, IBEW, International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Wisconsin, Manley, Ostrenga, PSC, Public Service Commission, renewable energy, solar, Todd Stuart, wind, WMC
Comments: 5
By Sean Ryan
A manufacturer and union predict more construction work from a state renewable energy bill, while business groups argue the measure would drive jobs out of Wisconsin.
The bill would support energy-conservation projects by increasing the amount the state charges ratepayers. It also would set a 2025 deadline for 25 percent of state electricity to [...]
Published: March 8, 2010
Tags: BendTec, coal, jobs, Plumbers and Steamfitters Local 11, solar, unemployment
Comments: 1
By ANDY GREDER
Duluth News Tribune
DULUTH, Minn. (AP) — Plumber and pipefitter Brian O’Leary says he’s lucky if he gets a few days of work each fortnight.
Unemployment has been the status quo for the 50-year-old worker and more than one-third of his 480 colleagues in Duluth’s Plumbers and Steamfitters Local 11.
“It will be a week here, [...]
Published: March 2, 2010
Tags: Barber, BidBlog, blog, Edgerton City Hall, Eppstein Uhen Architects, geothermal, solar
By Keith Barber
As they should be, public buildings set standard examples of what is expected in their community.
I have always been in support of outstanding architecture in public places, and that holds true for many new techniques used in today’s construction.
Thanks to an anonymous donor, the new Edgerton City Hall project will receive $100,000 in [...]
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 [...]
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