http://dailyreporter.com Wisconsin's Construction Authority Wed, 19 Jun 2013 22:06:39 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://dailyreporter.com/2012/08/31/editorial-cartoon-future-of-wind-power-rides-on-elections/ http://dailyreporter.com/2012/08/31/editorial-cartoon-future-of-wind-power-rides-on-elections/#comments Fri, 31 Aug 2012 17:10:23 +0000 Joe Yovino http://dailyreporter.com/?p=89401 ]]> http://dailyreporter.com/2012/08/31/editorial-cartoon-future-of-wind-power-rides-on-elections/feed/ 0 http://dailyreporter.com/2012/08/29/future-of-wind-power-rides-on-elections/ http://dailyreporter.com/2012/08/29/future-of-wind-power-rides-on-elections/#comments Wed, 29 Aug 2012 21:45:18 +0000 Amy Karon http://dailyreporter.com/?p=89318 When GOP leaders gathered in Tampa, Fla., this week for the Republican National Convention, they endorsed a 62-page platform that used a crucial word just once.]]> http://dailyreporter.com/2012/08/29/future-of-wind-power-rides-on-elections/feed/ 0 http://dailyreporter.com/2012/01/18/view-from-around-the-state-wind-rules-need-certainty-at-the-state-level/ http://dailyreporter.com/2012/01/18/view-from-around-the-state-wind-rules-need-certainty-at-the-state-level/#comments Wed, 18 Jan 2012 15:04:43 +0000 Associated Press http://dailyreporter.com/?p=80163 The wind power debate is muddled enough without a couple of ill-advised bills that have been introduced into the Wisconsin Legislature.]]> http://dailyreporter.com/2012/01/18/view-from-around-the-state-wind-rules-need-certainty-at-the-state-level/feed/ 0 http://dailyreporter.com/2011/01/06/minnesota-based-3m-extends-wind-industry-reach/ http://dailyreporter.com/2011/01/06/minnesota-based-3m-extends-wind-industry-reach/#comments Thu, 06 Jan 2011 19:02:43 +0000 Dolan Media Newswires http://dailyreporter.com/?p=63168 By Bob Geiger Dolan Media Newswires Minneapolis — Two years after 3M Co. formed its Renewable Energy Division, the industrial giant is poised to strengthen its low-key presence in wind construction after acquiring Nida-Core Corp. of Port St. Lucie, Fla. Terms were not disclosed for the deal, which broadens 3M’s product base to include Nida-Core’s [...]]]> http://dailyreporter.com/2011/01/06/minnesota-based-3m-extends-wind-industry-reach/feed/ 0 http://dailyreporter.com/2010/10/09/wind-power-firm-to-expand-its-production-in-wis/ http://dailyreporter.com/2010/10/09/wind-power-firm-to-expand-its-production-in-wis/#comments Sat, 09 Oct 2010 15:43:46 +0000 Associated Press http://dailyreporter.com/?p=59411 By 
THOMAS CONTENT Milwaukee Journal Sentinel NEW BERLIN, Wis. (AP) — A Danish firm’s expansion is giving Wisconsin another player in the manufacturing sector geared toward alternative energy. Avanti Wind has been in operation here for several years, making service lifts used by technicians who inspect and repair wind turbines and need to scale the [...]]]> http://dailyreporter.com/2010/10/09/wind-power-firm-to-expand-its-production-in-wis/feed/ 0 http://dailyreporter.com/2010/08/05/la-crosse-health-system-builds-toward-green-goal/ http://dailyreporter.com/2010/08/05/la-crosse-health-system-builds-toward-green-goal/#comments Thu, 05 Aug 2010 19:53:44 +0000 admin http://dailyreporter.com/?p=56888 By Marie Rohde Gundersen Lutheran Health Care System in La Crosse won initial approval for a $10 million Minnesota wind farm, the latest step toward energy independence by 2014. The project will be on a private farm near Lewiston, Minn. Gundersen will sell the energy to the local power company, Alliant Energy, and receive energy [...]]]> http://dailyreporter.com/2010/08/05/la-crosse-health-system-builds-toward-green-goal/feed/ 0 http://dailyreporter.com/2010/07/30/study-support-for-big-wind-projects-wanes-in-wisconsin-nation/ http://dailyreporter.com/2010/07/30/study-support-for-big-wind-projects-wanes-in-wisconsin-nation/#comments Fri, 30 Jul 2010 21:27:54 +0000 Justin Kern http://dailyreporter.com/?p=56667 By Justin Kern Special to The Daily Reporter Gusts of support for large-scale wind energy production have calmed in Wisconsin and in the rest of the country, according to a new study. A wind power backer in Wisconsin says the decline represents a lost opportunity. Wisconsin did not add any wind power sources of more [...]]]> http://dailyreporter.com/2010/07/30/study-support-for-big-wind-projects-wanes-in-wisconsin-nation/feed/ 1 http://dailyreporter.com/2010/06/22/dissent-delays-wind-councils-progress/ http://dailyreporter.com/2010/06/22/dissent-delays-wind-councils-progress/#comments Tue, 22 Jun 2010 20:08:48 +0000 http://dailyreporter.com/?p=55148 By Paul Snyder Deadline pressure and 100 amendments are cracking the unity of the state‘s Wind Siting Council as it strives to agree on turbine placement standards. Even the definition of agreement is a point of contention among the 15 members. The state law that formed the council requires only that the panel make recommendations [...]]]> http://dailyreporter.com/2010/06/22/dissent-delays-wind-councils-progress/feed/ 1 http://dailyreporter.com/2010/04/28/wind-farm-developers-face-head-winds/ http://dailyreporter.com/2010/04/28/wind-farm-developers-face-head-winds/#comments Wed, 28 Apr 2010 16:06:47 +0000 admin http://dailyreporter.com/?p=47616 Nathalie Weinstein Dolan Media Newswires Portland, OR — Construction of new wind farms in Oregon usually begins in spring, when developers hope for dry weather. But this spring, developers are concerned about more than just rain. The Federal Aviation Administration last month sent a notice of presumed hazard for Caithness Energy’s Shepherd’s Flat wind farm [...]]]> http://dailyreporter.com/2010/04/28/wind-farm-developers-face-head-winds/feed/ 0 http://dailyreporter.com/2009/12/07/energy-official-touts-benefits-of-conservation/ http://dailyreporter.com/2009/12/07/energy-official-touts-benefits-of-conservation/#comments Mon, 07 Dec 2009 17:42:36 +0000 http://dailyreporter.com/?p=36397 By M. Scott Carter Dolan Media Newswires Oklahoma City — Energy conservation is cheaper and less risky than developing new forms of alternative fuels, according to the director of the Vermont Regulatory Assistance Project. Speaking at the recent Oklahoma Wind Energy Conference in Oklahoma City, Richard Sedano, a member of the Northeast Energy Efficiency Partnership’s [...]]]> http://dailyreporter.com/2009/12/07/energy-official-touts-benefits-of-conservation/feed/ 4 http://dailyreporter.com/2009/09/30/china-cracks-down-on-industrial-overcapacity/ http://dailyreporter.com/2009/09/30/china-cracks-down-on-industrial-overcapacity/#comments Wed, 30 Sep 2009 16:28:16 +0000 Rick Benedict http://dailyreporter.com/?p=32978 Joe McDonald AP Business Writer Beijing — China announced sweeping curbs on surging investment in steelmaking, cement and other industries, warning that chaotic overexpansion was raising the danger of job losses and trouble for banks. Business groups and economists have warned that Beijing’s huge stimulus might fuel a dangerous boom and bust. The government said [...]]]> http://dailyreporter.com/2009/09/30/china-cracks-down-on-industrial-overcapacity/feed/ 0 http://dailyreporter.com/2009/09/23/minnesota-group-pares-wind-power-project/ http://dailyreporter.com/2009/09/23/minnesota-group-pares-wind-power-project/#comments Wed, 23 Sep 2009 14:42:03 +0000 Rick Benedict http://dailyreporter.com/?p=32679 Bob Geiger Dolan Media Newswires Minneapolis — An old gravel pit in Lyon County could end up providing metro area counties with wind power if a long-awaited plan to wire renewable energy from southwestern Minnesota to the metro area materializes. But finding investors to help erect the tall white towers has proved difficult, and plans [...]]]> http://dailyreporter.com/2009/09/23/minnesota-group-pares-wind-power-project/feed/ 1 http://dailyreporter.com/2009/09/14/billions-sought-to-for-offshore-wind-farms/ http://dailyreporter.com/2009/09/14/billions-sought-to-for-offshore-wind-farms/#comments Mon, 14 Sep 2009 18:42:21 +0000 Rick Benedict http://dailyreporter.com/?p=32325 Aoife White AP Business Writer Brussels, Belgium — European wind power producers are calling for billions of dollars in investments to generate energy from offshore wind turbines. The European Union is aiming to generate a fifth of all its energy from renewable sources by 2020 to lessen reliance on imported oil and gas and meet [...]]]> http://dailyreporter.com/2009/09/14/billions-sought-to-for-offshore-wind-farms/feed/ 2 http://dailyreporter.com/2009/05/11/aging-grid-creates-glass-ceiling-for-wind-turbines/ http://dailyreporter.com/2009/05/11/aging-grid-creates-glass-ceiling-for-wind-turbines/#comments Mon, 11 May 2009 18:26:07 +0000 Rick Benedict http://dailyreporter.com/?p=1960 David Mercer AP Writer Chicago — A nagging issue wound its way through the chatter at what was an otherwise celebratory event for the nation’s wind industry in Chicago. The U.S. has become the world’s biggest wind-power generator and of the electricity production added in the country last year, 42 percent came from wind turbines. [...]]]> http://dailyreporter.com/2009/05/11/aging-grid-creates-glass-ceiling-for-wind-turbines/feed/ 0