Archive for February, 2009
Shawano farmer plucks electricity from the wind
Rick Adamski (right) shares his excitement with employees of Seventh Generation, installer of the turbine, as they prepare to “energize” the new turbine on his farm. From a story by Monica Landeros on WLUK-TV: There is a farmer in Northeast Wisconsin who soon won’t have electricity bills, in fact the electric company may eventually be [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Questions follow announcement of green superhighway
From an article by Judy Newman: The proposal would involve building massive 765-kilovolt transmission lines — nearly twice the capacity of the biggest lines now running through the state, at 345 kilovolts — and would run through parts of North Dakota, South Dakota, Minnesota, Iowa, Wisconsin, Illinois and Indiana. A conceptual map has the line [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )High-voltage superhighway for green power announced
From a blog entry by Tom Content on JSonline.com: A major power line network linking the windiest parts of the Midwest with Milwaukee and Chicago was unveiled today by a Michigan transmission utility. There’s no word on how such a project would get built, given longstanding opposition to major high-voltage power line projects, but ITC [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Sun Prairie family makes major manure digester investment
From an article by John Oncken in The Capital Times: According to Focus on Energy, there were 17 operating anaerobic digester systems on Wisconsin dairy farms as of June. As of about a week ago, there were 18, with the start up of the system at Statz Brothers Dairy Farm just east of Sun Prairie. [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )No more coal, but not all biomass
The coal piles will be disappear from the Charter Street Heating Plant on the campus of the UW-Madison. From an article by Tom Content in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: The Doyle administration today [February 6] has been receving all sorts of accolades from bioenergy supporters and environmental groups about a proposed biomass power plant at [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )New front opens in Manitowoc: Pro wind mayor vs. anti-wind newspaper
After RENEW issued a news release condemning a Manitowoc County ordinance effectively prohibiting wind projects in the county, Manitowoc political leaders and the local newwspapers expressed different opinions on whether wind project siting should be control by local governments or by uniform state siting standards. In the RENEW news release, Michael Vickerman said: Suffice it [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )New business group will back Global Warming Task Force proposals
From a media release issued by CREWE: (MADISON, Wis.) – Leading Wisconsin companies are joining forces to advocate for the meaningful global warming policy changes proposed by the Governor’s Global Warming Task Force (GWTF). The business coalition named Clean, Responsible Energy for Wisconsin’s Economy (CREWE) looks forward to working with other members of the GWTF, [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )State stumbles toward 2025 energy goal
From an article by Paul Snyder in The Daily Reporter: Wisconsin still has 16 years to meet its 2025 alternative energy development goals, yet business and utility groups say the state had better pick up the pace. Charlie Higley, executive director of the Citizens Utility Board of Wisconsin, said the state is producing less than [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )We Energies coal dust silo explosion injures 6 workers
From an article by Tom Kertscher in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Oak Creek – An explosion Tuesday morning inside a We Energies coal dust silo rained flames down on a group of contract employees who were making preparations for repair work to begin. Four employees were inside the 65-foot-tall structure and two outside when the [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )RENEW’s newsletter goes online
The Wisconsin Renewable Quarterly, RENEW Wisconsin’s newsletter, features these articles: + Rest in Peace: Cassville Generation Plant + Mississippi River Bird and Bat Study + Osceola School Heats Pools with Solar + Bob Ramlow: Solar Pioneer + Focus on Energy Issues Biogas Profiles + Focus on Energy Earns National Honor + State Plugs into Renewable [...]
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