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Biden administration taps $366M to fund clean energy for Native American tribes and rural areas
The federal government will fund 17 renewable projects on Native American reservations and rural areas across the U.S., with help of Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.
Major solar farm builder settles case alleging it violated clean water rules
Swinerton agreed to pay the penalty and undertake mitigation measures for its alleged Clean Water Action violations after construction in three states in 2016.
States with big climate goals strip local power to block green projects
States with aggressive clean energy production timelines are finding themselves in conflict with restrictive local governments.
Wisconsin approves two battery projects to store 175MW of solar plant energy
Alliant Energy will build two energy storage systems alongside solar fields in Wood and Grant counties.
Blumenfeld tours UW-Parkside’s ongoing solar energy project
State and university officials visited two solar sites and other sustainability efforts on the University of Wisconsin-Parkside campus.
Editorial: Goodbye, coal plants; hello, solar
Coal plants are shutting down in Portage, Oak Creek and Sheboygan. Solar and wind farms are going up in Cambridge, Darien and Grant County.
First panels installed at Yahara Solar Project
Dane County Executive Joe Parisi joined Alliant Energy and SunVest Solar executives on Tuesday to celebrate the installation of the first solar panels at the 90-acre solar farm site on county-owned land in the town of Cottage Grove.
Sunrun CEO Powell sees need for more rooftop solar
As the head of the nation's largest rooftop solar installer, Mary Powell has a stake in the recently passed Inflation Reduction Act, which includes tax credits to make rooftop solar cheaper.
State providing grants for training in solar industry
The state is providing a grant for training in the solar industry as part of its latest distribution from its Wisconsin Fast Forward program.
Biden throws US solar industry a lifeline with tariff relief, but can incentives bring manufacturing back?
The Biden administration announced it was putting a two-year freeze on the threat of new solar tariffs, throwing a lifeline to U.S. solar installers – and likely to the country's ability to meet its climate goals.
Biden waives solar panel tariffs, seeks to boost production
President Joe Biden ordered emergency measures Monday to increase U.S. manufacturing of solar panels and declared a two-year tariff exemption on panels from Southeast Asia as he attempted to jumpstart an industry key to his climate change-fighting goals.
PSC approves $620M in solar farms in phase two of Alliant’s clean energy plan
Wisconsin regulators approved Alliant Energy's plan on Thursday to spend about $620 million to develop six new solar farms and close two coal plants in the second phase of a plan to spend $1.5 billion on renewable energy.
Today’s News
- Delayed Bay View development reaches Milwaukee Common Council
- TOP BIDDERS: The biggest recent winning bids from around Wisconsin | July 6
- Energy plant pinned to Milwaukee County courthouse project
- Wisconsin Pre-Bid Meetings – Week of July 6, 2026
- Madison roofer’s catastrophic fall flew under the radar
- WisDOT says veterans graves won’t be moved during I-94 expansion
- Wisconsin Laborers union launches peer support group
- Milwaukee County courthouse cost doubles to nearly $900 million
- Plan Commission punts decision on Milwaukee Walmart redevelopment
- Drilling fluid spills into wetland during Line 5 reroute construction
- Lease for Milwaukee’s Derse property opens as company moves to Oak Creek
- Goodbye NAIOP Wisconsin, hello CREDA Wisconsin
Project Profiles
- First prefabricated bridge in US installed in Eau Claire County
- Illinois developer worked with Wisconsin contractor to build 258-unit Wauwatosa apartment complex
- VJS Construction raises the roof for Bruce Guadalupe Community School expansion project
- Microgrid pilot project will store energy for village affected by outages
- Dane County sees uptick in highway work zone crashes, on track to exceed last year
- The Hop streetcar will debut newest service route in fall with limited service
- FPC Live slims venue proposal to 1 downtown building
- Children’s Hospital urgent care center in Milwaukee gets first round of city approval
- With Sonag Construction shut down, feds move to block indicted owner from collecting leftover assets
- Four contractors selected to build border wall prototypes
- UW-Milwaukee’s Greenstreet shaping minds (and the city)
- Turning the Corner(s) (PHOTO SLIDESHOW)