Published: August 6, 2010
Tags: biomass, coal, Madison, power plant, University of Wisconsin-Madison, UW-Maidson
Comments: 2
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The public can comment next week on plans for a $251 million upgrade to switch a University of Wisconsin-Madison coal-fired power plant to run on biomass.
Plans for the Charter Street Heating Plant and a required environmental impact study for the project will be discussed at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday in the Mechanical [...]
Published: July 26, 2010
Tags: Building America, Building Knowledge, Center for Energy and the Environment, Department of Energy, Energy Center of Wisconsin, energy efficiency, NorthernSTAR Energy Efficient Housing Research Partnership Team, University of Minnesota, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Wisconsin Energy Conservation Corp.
By Bob Geiger
Dolan Media Newswires
Minneapolis — A public-private partnership led by University of Minnesota researchers has been chosen by the U.S. Department of Energy to help develop cost-effective ways of cutting average per-household energy use while improving comfort and quality.
Nationwide, DOE selected 15 projects to receive a total of up to $30 million over the [...]
Published: June 21, 2010
Tags: AMEC, biomass, Charter Street Heating Plant, Doyle, The Boldt Co., University of Wisconsin-Madison, UW-Madison
MADISON-The Department of Administration on Monday announced that it will proceed to negotiate a contract with The Boldt Co., Appleton, and AMEC, United Kingdom, to engineer and construct the Charter Street Heating Plant rebuild project on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus, according to a press release from Gov. Jim Doyle’s office.
Following approvals by the state [...]
Published: May 24, 2010
Tags: biomass, Capitol Heat and Power Plant, Charter Street Heating Plant, Doyle, University of Wisconsin-Madison, UW-Madison
Gov. Jim Doyle announced Monday that 59 Wisconsin businesses responded to a request for information to supply biomass fuel for the Charter Street Heating Plant in Madison.
“The message is clear, we have biomass businesses right here in our own state that want to grow,” Doyle said in a press release. “This is an enormous economic [...]
Published: May 18, 2010
Tags: constitutional amendment, Klipstien, Mark Gottlieb, rainy day budget, State Engineering Association, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Wisconsin Assembly, Wisconsin Department of Transportation, Wisconsin Joint Committee on Finance, WisDOT
Comments: 1
By Paul Snyder
An amendment to the state’s constitution that would create a rainy day budget and keep Wisconsin’s employees at work is drawing support from people dealing with furloughs.
“We were laid off nine days in the last fiscal year, and we’re going to be laid off nine more in the next fiscal year,” said Mark [...]
Published: May 12, 2010
Tags: biomass, Bryan Walker, Charter Street power plant, John Harrod, Madison Traffic Engineering Department, natural gas, oil fuel, power plant, reconstruction, roadwork, University of Wisconsin-Madison, UW-Madison
By Paul Snyder
Madison traffic planners are backing off a directive to the University of Wisconsin-Madison to rebuild streets and intersections surrounding the Charter Street power plant.
But Bryan Walker, the city‘s engineering program specialist, said the university and city should be ready for some roadwork during and after the estimated $250 million conversion of the plant [...]
Published: May 11, 2010
Tags: Binkowski, Board of Estimates, Bruce Murphy, Cieslewicz, common council, Dane County Regional Transit Authority, Dick Wagner, Edgewater Hotel, high-speed rail, Madison, Mark Clear, Mielke, Monona Terrace, Plan Commission, Planning Division, Rail, train, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Urban Land Interests, Wisconsin Associated Builders and Contractors, Wisconsin Department of Transportation, WisDOT
By Darryl Enriquez
If Madison Mayor Dave Cieslewicz’s goal for breaking ground on the proposed Monona Terrace high-speed rail depot is to be met, officials must avoid lengthy policy debates that have prolonged or threatened other projects, local contractors and others say.
Observers who have watched Madison government and advocacy groups grind projects such as the proposed [...]
Published: April 6, 2010
Tags: blog, Brothers Bar & Grill, eminent domain, Fortney, Hot Topics, lawsuit, Snyder, University of Wisconsin-Madison, UW System
By Paul Snyder
staff writer
When news broke this afternoon that the owners of Brothers Bar & Grill dropped their lawsuit against the state for the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s use of eminent domain to acquire their property, I was a little miffed.
Published: April 6, 2010
Tags: bar, board of regents, Brothers Bar & Grill, Dane County Circuit Court, eminent domain, Fortney, Giroux, Godfrey & Kahn SC, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Wittenwyler
By Paul Snyder
The owners of a Madison bar Tuesday dropped a lawsuit filed against the state for using eminent domain to acquire their property for a construction project.
The trial was scheduled to begin Wednesday in Dane County Circuit Court.
Mike Wittenwyler, an attorney in the Madison office of Godfrey & Kahn SC representing Brothers Bar & [...]
Published: March 29, 2010
Tags: Android, applications, BlackBerry, cell phones, CellSafety, Department of Transportation, Drive Safely Corp., Google Inc., GPS, hands-free devices, Microsoft Corp., Nokia, Research and Innovative Technology Administration, Textecution, texting, TxtBlocker, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Windows Mobile, ZoomSafer
By Peter Svensson
AP Technology Writer
New York — Cars use lights, bells and buzzers to remind drivers to fasten their seat belts as they start their engines.
It would seem natural, then, to offer motorists warnings about another bad habit: holding a cell phone while driving, whether for texting or talking.
Several software and gadget companies have sprung [...]
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