New wind power guidelines are for the birds (UPDATE)

Wind farm developers appeal regulators’ decision

Published: February 26, 2013
Tags: Emerging Energies, Hubertus, Public Service Commission, wind farm

Developers of the only major wind farm project pending in Wisconsin are appealing a decision by state regulators to block construction plans.

Lake Michigan car ferry extends season for wind equipment transport

Published: September 25, 2012
Tags: coal ash, Lake Michigan Car Ferry, SS Badger, wind energy, wind farm

The S.S. Badger is extending its season on Lake Michigan in order to transport equipment for the wind power industry.

Senate panel revives tax breaks for wind energy, biodiesel

Published: August 2, 2012
Tags: biodiesel, tax credit, wind energy, wind farm

The Senate’s tax-writing panel is moving to revive dozens of tax breaks for businesses such as biodiesel and wind energy producers, even as the GOP-controlled House trumpets symbolic legislation to erase them and create a new tax code with lower rates and fewer special interest tax breaks.

Wisconsin Energy buys NextEra wind farm

Published: August 2, 2012
Tags: Montfort Energy Center, We Energies, wind farm, Wisconsin Energy, Wisconsin Power & Light

Wisconsin Energy Corp. is buying a wind farm from Florida’s NextEra Energy Resources Inc. for $27 million.

First Wis. community wind farm up and spinning in Cashton

Published: July 30, 2012
Tags: Cashton Greens Wind Farm, RENEW Wisconsin, wind farm

Wisconsin’s first community wind project is now up and running in Cashton.

Energy secretary Chu visits state Thursday

Published: July 12, 2012
Tags: biofuel, biomass, Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, Ingeteam, Steven Chu, Tom Barrett, UW-Madison, wind farm
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U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu plans to tour a wind turbine manufacturer in Milwaukee and a biomass research center on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus on Thursday.

Wis. court: Regulators properly approved wind farm (UPDATE)

Published: July 11, 2012
Tags: Citizens' Utility Board, PSC, wind farm, Wisconsin Industrial Energy Group, Wisconsin Power & Light, Wisconsin Public Service Commission

Wisconsin regulators properly approved a Madison-based utility’s plan to build a wind farm in southern Minnesota, the state Supreme Court ruled Wednesday in a decision that dramatically lightens the regulatory burden for utilities’ out-of-state projects.

Wind farm opponents file suit over sign ordinance

Published: May 18, 2012
Tags: Barbara Vanden Boogart, James Vanden Boogart, Jon Morehouse, Lori Morehouse, wind farm

Four Morrison residents on Thursday filed a federal lawsuit against town officials for prohibiting residents from placing signs with political or religious messages on their property, according to a Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty news release.

Viral ‘wind map’ aims to promote alternative energy

Published: April 12, 2012
Tags: Stodder, wind, wind farm

Two media artists moonlighting from Google’s “Big Picture” visualization lab have created a “wind map” to show where, when and how powerfully the wind blows, in real time, all over the lower 48 states.