Published: October 26, 2009
Tags: clean energy, Governor’s Task Force on Global Warming, Public Service Commission of Wisconsin, RENEW Wisconsin, solar power, We Energies, Wisconsin Power & Light Co., Wisconsin Public Service Corp.
Comments: 2
Paul Snyder
paul.snyder@dailyreporter.com
Wisconsin lawmakers are in the driver’s seat to expand solar power construction but stuck in neutral over whether the state or utilities should pay for the projects.
“It’s a numbers game that we still have to come up with the answer for,” said state Rep. Jim Soletski, D-Green Bay. “Is it reasonable for us to [...]
Published: October 15, 2009
Tags: biomass, ethanol, Manitoba, Manitoba Hydro, Minnesota, We Energies, wind, Wisconsin Bio Industry Alliance, Wisconsin Industrial Energy Group, Wisconsin Power & Light Co., Wisconsin Public Service Corp.
Paul Snyder
paul.snyder@dailyreporter.com
A renewable energy research partnership between Wisconsin and Manitoba could fuel advances in the field while giving utilities an opening to build projects outside the state.
Gov. Jim Doyle on Thursday signed an agreement with Manitoba Premier Gary Doer for the state and Canadian province to promote extended trade partnerships and collaborate on, among other [...]
Published: October 1, 2009
Tags: Albert Lea, Deere & Co., E.ON Climate and Renewables, Eau Claire, Freeborn County, Green Bay, Institute for Supply Management, Knowles-Nelson Stewardship program, Madison, Minnesota Public Utilities Commission, purchasing executives, Rhinelander, United Auto Workers, West Bend, wind farm, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, Wisconsin Power & Light Co.
Deere, UAW reach tentative six-year contract agreement
Moline, IL (AP) — Deere & Co. and the United Auto Workers said Thursday they’ve reached a tentative six-year labor contract covering nearly 10,000 workers and 17,000 retirees.
The company and union said they will not disclose details of the agreement, which heads to members of 15 UAW locals [...]
Published: August 31, 2009
Tags: Alliant Energy, Bent Tree Wind Farm, Citizens Utility Board of Wisconsin, lawsuit, Minnesota, Public Service Commission of Wisconsin, Wisconsin Industrial Energy Group, Wisconsin Power & Light Co.
Paul Snyder
paul.snyder@dailyreporter.com
Alternative power proponents suing Wisconsin over its approval of a wind farm argue the state cannot step on the law in the race to reach renewable energy goals.
“It’s unfortunate that a wind project got caught up in this, and we are worried the lawsuit could either stop it or delay it and cause the [...]
Published: July 16, 2009
Tags: Alliant Energy, RENEW Wisconsin, renewable energy, turbine, utility, We Energies, wind farm, Wisconsin, Wisconsin Power & Light Co., Wisconsin Public Service Corp.
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Paul Snyder
paul.snyder@dailyreporter.com
Wisconsin utilities have a track record of building, operating and maintaining their own wind farms, leaving independent producers little reason to build in the state.
But when those same utilities build wind farms in other states, Wisconsin’s economy and construction work force suffer, said Michael Vickerman, executive director of RENEW Wisconsin.
“There’s quite a lot of [...]
Published: July 9, 2009
Tags: Alliant Energy, Bent Tree, Minnesota, Public Service Commission, wind farm, Wisconsin Power & Light Co.
Comments: 3
Paul Snyder
paul.snyder@dailyreporter.com
The state’s search beyond its borders for wind power sources is setting the stage for a battle over construction of transmission lines to carry that electricity to Wisconsin.
“I think wherever the lines are going to go, there’s going to be opposition,” said Jim Danky, director of the citizens group Preserve Our Rural Landscape Ltd., [...]
Published: July 8, 2009
Tags: Alliant Energy, Citizens' Utility Board, electricity, Freeborn County, Minnesota, Minnesota Public Utilities Commission, state regulators, turbine, utility, Wind Capital Group LLC, wind farm, Wisconsin Power & Light Co.
Comments: 1
Elizabeth Dunbar and Todd Richmond
AP Writers
Madison — State regulators plan to vote Thursday on a Wisconsin utility’s plans to build a massive wind farm in southern Minnesota.
Wisconsin Power & Light Co., a subsidiary of Madison-based Alliant Energy, wants permission to start the first phase of the farm on 32,500 acres just north of Albert Lea [...]
Published: April 30, 2009
Tags: Alliant Energy Corp., Better Plan Wisconsin, Public Service Commission of Wisconsin, Wind Capital Group LLC, wind farm, Wisconsin Power & Light Co.
Comments: 2
Paul Snyder
paul.snyder@dailyreporter.com
There is no guarantee a wind farm construction boom will follow if Wisconsin establishes statewide standards for where such developments can be built.
“There’s still interest in Wisconsin,” said Robert Vosberg, senior vice president of engineering and asset management with St. Louis-based Wind Capital Group LLC. “But Minnesota is a better choice. There are a [...]
