Wisconsin is seeing growing interest in wind energy as production costs decline and utilities look toward renewable energy.

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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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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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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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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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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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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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MidAmerican Energy says it plans to spend $1 billion improving more than 700 wind turbines throughout Iowa.

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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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Wisconsin Public Power Inc. is looking to add another 100 megawatts of wind energy to its supply of electricity.

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