Doyle launches $225,000 renewables grant program
From a press release issued by the governor:
MARATHON CITY – Governor Jim Doyle today launched the Promoting Our Wisconsin Energy Resources (POWER) Initiative with a $225,000 grant program to help businesses, local governments, and even homeowners utilize renewable energy. . . .
[T]he first part of the POWER Initiative will include $225,000 in grants to help facilitate the use of renewable energy sources such as wind, hydro, and biomass.
Wind – $75,000 in grants will be focused on wind energy, and will be targeted at activities such as developing a wind GIS map of Wisconsin to identify where wind power is feasible, reaching out to rural electric cooperatives and consumers, and certifying small wind turbines for residential use.
Biomass – $75,000 in grants will be focused on biomass, and targeted at activities to develop markets for biomass products by connecting owners of biomass resources with companies that are using biomass as an energy source. It is anticipated that this funding will assist in developing a commodity exchange for wood materials.
Hydro – $75,000 in grants will focused on hydro, and targeted at ten small hydro dam feasibility studies. As energy prices go up, local governments are looking more to their dams to generate electricity.
