Archive for December, 2009
A safe investment in 2010: Hot water
Though written in 2007, an analysis by RENEW’s executive director Michael Vickerman may be even truer today an a few years ago, given the risk involved in “traditional” investments. The analysis shows that an investmnet in a solar hot water system generates a better rate of return than putting money in the bank: I wrote [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Keep working toward energy independence
From an editorial in the Sheboygan Press: Gov. Jim Doyle’s 2006 campaign promise of having four University of Wisconsin campuses completely “off the grid” by 2012 and get their energy needs from renewable sources was an ambitious one. Unfortunately, it has turned out to be an impossible task. Doyle said that campuses at Oshkosh, River [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )WI utilities reach renewable-energy goal, nine other states fall short
From a news release issued by the Public Service Commission of Wisconsin: MADISON – The Public Service Commission of Wisconsin (PSC) today [December 18, 2009] announced that all 118 Wisconsin electric providers have met their renewable portfolio standards (RPS) for 2008, and 112 providers exceeded the requirements for the year, creating excess renewable resource credits [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Dane County wants to turn scrap food into energy
From an article by Dee Hall in The Capital Times: Discarded food would be collected and turned into energy under a proposal announced Monday by Dane County Executive Kathleen Falk. The project would be one of the first in the United States to use municipal food waste to generate energy, according to Troy Runge, director [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Teachers’ publication features Jenny Heinzen
An article on RENEW’s president Jenny Heinzen from the Wisconsin Education Association: Jenny Heinzen’s job isn’t a breeze – though it does rely on it. As a Wind Energy Technology instructor at Lakeshore Technical College in Cleveland, Wis., Heinzen not only teaches about harnessing an alternative form of energy, she’s been part of the push [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Governor backs off energy goal for 4 UW campuses
From an article by Ryan J. Foley in the Wisconsin State Journal: Gov. Jim Doyle has backed off a campaign promise that four University of Wisconsin campuses will be energy independent by 2012 after determining it was not practical as proposed. Weeks before he was re-elected in 2006, Doyle said campuses would “go off the [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Think Tank Flunks Renewable Energy Analysis
IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 22, 2009 MORE INFORMATION Michael Vickerman RENEW Wisconsin 608.255.4044 mvickerman@renewwisconsin.org Madison, WI (December 22, 2009) In response to a recent report from the Wisconsin Public Research Institute (WPRI) concluding that policies to increase renewable energy production would be prohibitively expensive, RENEW Wisconsin, a leading sustainable energy advocacy organization, today issued a critique [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 1 so far )Energizing Fort Atkinson’s schools from the sun and earth
From a case study of energy installations at Fort Atkinson schools by Michael Vickerman: By Michael Vickerman, RENEW Wisconsin As a result of educating themselves on the connection between energy use and atmospheric pollution, several school districts in Wisconsin are taking increasingly aggressive steps to conserve energy as well as produce a portion of what [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Litany of errors mars analysis of bill to enact recommendations of global warming task force
From a news release issued by the coalition for Clean, Responsible Energy for Wisconsin’s Economy (CREWE): (MADISON, Wis.)—The coalition for Clean, Responsible Energy for Wisconsin’s Economy (CREWE) on Tuesday released a fact sheet detailing the errors with the Wisconsin Policy Research Institute’s (WPRI) November 12th report on the adverse economic effects of the Governor’s Task [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Local business, S. Korean firm to work on wind farm
From an article by Karen Rivedal in the Wisconsin State Journal: A local wind energy business is introducing a major new international player into the wind industry in North America, starting with a six-turbine wind farm expected to be built northwest of Madison next year. Wave Wind LLC of Sun Prairie, formed in 2007, is [...]
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