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Lake Michigan car ferry extends season for wind equipment transport
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
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
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
Wisconsin's first community wind project is now up and running in Cashton.
Energy secretary Chu visits state Thursday
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)
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
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
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.
New wind power guidelines are for the birds (UPDATE)
The Obama administration offered new guidance Friday on where wind farms should be located to reduce the number of bird deaths while promoting increased use of wind power.
View from around the state: Wind rules need certainty at the state level
The wind power debate is muddled enough without a couple of ill-advised bills that have been introduced into the Wisconsin Legislature.
Developers eye large wind farm in western Wis.
Developers have applied for a state permit to build a large wind farm in western Wisconsin, the first application of its kind in more than two years.
Wind farm proposed for St. Croix County
A 102.5-megawatt wind farm has been proposed for St. Croix County.
Today’s News
- Wisconsin lawmaker accepts award for helping pass DACA bill
- Plans for $107M Wauwatosa library gain momentum
- Trump signs additional tariffs on Canadian steel, aluminum and lumber
- Wisconsin Pre-Bid Meetings – Week of July 27, 2026
- Feds commit $5B to AI-powered research for construction
- Worker files NLRB complaint against Wisconsin painters union
- Lawsuit challenges Wisconsin Supplier Diversity Program
- Sheboygan TID proposal targets public incentives of $5M or more
- TOP BIDDERS: The biggest recent winning bids from around Wisconsin | July 21
- State warns of workers’ compensation scam targeting victims
- Washington County housing initiative brings back young homeowners
- South Milwaukee apartment project canceled after financing shortfall
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)