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 9, 2010
Tags: Brown County Citizens for Responsible Wind Energy, Geiger, Invenergy, Invenergy LLC, moratorium, Morehouse, Public Service Commission of Wisconsin, Responsible Wind Energy, town of Holland, Weidemann-Smith, wind farm
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By Paul Snyder
Local solidarity is driving a Holland wind farm moratorium that has no chance of success if the Public Service Commission of Wisconsin approves a project in the town.
“We know the PSC will have final say in this project,” said Holland Supervisor Michael Geiger. “We’re just letting them know how we feel about it. [...]
Published: February 3, 2010
Tags: Holland, Invenergy LLC, PSC, Public Service Commission, wind farm, wind turbines
HOLLAND, Wis. (AP) — The Holland Town Board has voted in favor of a one-year ban on wind farm construction, but it’s unclear if that’s enough to stop a planned project.
The Green Bay Press-Gazette reports the board voted 3-0 on Monday for the ban and increased the setback for wind turbines from neighboring properties to [...]
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 20, 2010
Tags: American Transmission, electricity, energy, Glacier Hills Wind Park, grid, Midwest Independent Transmission System Operator, Public Service Commission of Wisconsin, RENEW Wisconsin, transmission, Upper Midwest Transmission Development Initiative, We Energies, wind, wind farm
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By Melissa Rigney Baxter
Special to The Daily Reporter
The multimillion-dollar construction projects to get the blades spinning won’t mean much if there’s no way to transmit wind farm electricity.
So far in Wisconsin, transmission has been less of a problem than local approvals and harnessing the wind, but that could change as the state reaches farther west [...]
Published: January 12, 2010
Tags: blog, Doyle, energy, Glacier Hills Wind Park, Hot Topics, renewable energy, Snyder, Task Force on Global Warming, turbines, wind farm
Comments: 1
By Paul Snyder
staff writer
It’s hard to think of anybody being surprised by We Energies’ approval Monday to build the Glacier Hills Wind Park in Columbia County.
By Paul Snyder
The Public Service Commission of Wisconsin is expected to vote Monday afternoon on approving We Energies’ proposed Glacier Hills Wind Park in Columbia County.
If approved, the estimated $413 million wind park would include 90 turbines spread throughout the towns of Randolph and Scott and generate 162 megawatts of energy. Both towns have already [...]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Alliant Energy officials have activated a massive wind farm in Iowa.
According to the utility, the $400 million-plus Whispering Willow Wind Farm-East in Franklin County is capable of generating up to 200 megawatts of emissions-free energy, power for about 50,000 homes.
The farm includes 121 wind turbines spread over 144 square miles. Construction [...]
Published: December 2, 2009
Tags: American Wind Energy Association, Andersen, Department of Energy, energy, homes, Jodziewicz, Key, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Linowes, National Conference of State Legislatures, property value, Schmidt, turbines, wind, Wind Action Group, wind farm, Wiser
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By SANDY SHORE
AP Energy Writer
DENVER (AP) — Wind farms have no measurable effect on nearby property values, according to a government report published Wednesday.
Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory spent three years examining nearly 7,500 sales of homes in 10 communities near two dozen wind energy plants in nine states.
They [...]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — State regulators have approved higher electric and natural gas rates for Wisconsin Power & Light customers.
The Public Service Commission approved a $60 million increase in electric rates. That will translate to about $6.10 more a month for the typical residential customer.
The commission also raised WP&L’s gas rates by about $5.5 million. [...]
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