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Wisconsin is seeing growing interest in wind energy as production costs decline and utilities look toward renewable energy.
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Read More »Bill would back solar, wind careers as lawmakers put more cash into worker training
As Republicans on the state's budget-writing committee voted last week to send more money to Wisconsin tech schools and worker training, a new bipartisan bill would support careers in two emerging industries: wind and solar.
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Read More »Republicans trump Evers’ charging-station plan
Assembly Republicans worked on Monday to trump Democratic Gov. Tony Evers' plan to put $10 million in the state budget toward electric-vehicle charging stations, announcing their own bill to set up the stations.
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Read More »Plans canceled for wind farm in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula
A company says it's not moving forward on plans for a wind farm in Michigan's Upper Peninsula because of considerations including delays in the planning process.
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Read More »Wind energy increasingly economic for customers
How does technology affect the cost of wind power? Advancements in technology — as well as the way new wind farms are built and operated — are making this renewable resource more economic for customers.
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Read More »Mortenson, Ulteig see fast growth in renewable energy business
Even in an expanding economy, it’s not every business that can grow tenfold in just eight years. But that’s what has happened to the renewable-energy divisions at Mortenson.
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Read More »GOING ‘GREEN’ IN A DIFFERENT WAY: Appealing to conservatives, Coenen stresses economic benefits of renewable energy
A Republican through and through, Scott Coenen spent years before, during and after college arguing that renewable energy was a boondoggle.
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Read More »MidAmerican plans to spend $1B to update wind turbines
MidAmerican Energy says it plans to spend $1 billion improving more than 700 wind turbines throughout Iowa.
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Read More »Transmission capacity limits growth in wind power
Contrary to what many might think, the biggest hurdle to the greater use of wind power is not a lack of supply or demand. Nor is it concerns about the harm wind turbines can inflict on wildlife.
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Read More »WPPI seeking another 100 megawatts of wind energy
Wisconsin Public Power Inc. is looking to add another 100 megawatts of wind energy to its supply of electricity.
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