Archive for February, 2008
Towns association supports wind siting bill
From a statement posted on the Web site of the Wisconsin Towns Association: The Wisconsin Towns Association Board of Directors has authorized the staff to support a legislative bill to authorize the PSC to develop state standards for local ordinances for wind turbine siting. The board has expressed two points that need to be recognized [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )School wind initiative clears legislature
On a 31-0 vote, the State Senate overwhelmingly passed the School Wind Initiative (Assembly Bill 625), and the bill will now be available for the governor’s signature. The bill authorizes a school board to construct or acquire a renewable resource facility and to use the energy generated by the facility or sell it at wholesale, [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Pass legislation to help wind projects
This letter to the editor appeared in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: A Feb. 26 editorial asked what could be done to encourage wind farms (“Blowin’ in the wind”). We should work for passage of Assembly Bill 899 and Senate Bill 544. The legislation would set up clear, uniform criteria and permitting timetables for wind projects [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )New designs in solar installations
Lake Michigan Wind and Sun (LMW&S) uses its Solar Flair design to turn a solar installation into art in a Wisconsin back yard (above) or whimsy in front of a waste treatment plant in Canada (below). The designs shown here and other designs have been in development by LMW&S for quite some time, and [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Editorial: Blowin’ in the wind
From an editorial in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: “The way things stand now, it’s easier to build a 100-megawatt wind farm in this state than it is to put up two or three turbines.” So says Roy Thilly, chairman of the state’s Task Force on Global Warming and president of Wisconsin Public Power Inc., a [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Task force seeks uniform siting standards for turbines
From an article by Thomas Content in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Responding to counties and towns that are restricting development of small wind farms, one lawmaker plans to introduce a bill that would call for similar standards to be enacted for wind turbines across Wisconsin. The proposed bill was among the initiatives recommended by the [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 1 so far )Town of Forestville enacts wind moratorium
From an article by Kurt Rentmeester from the Door County Advocate: The Forestville Town Board became the latest municipality to enact a one-year moratorium for large wind turbines – and questioned whether Door County’s recently approved wind energy ordinance should take effect there. “We don’t want the county to impose its wind ordinance on us [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Tours set for renewable installations
On the morning of March 12, the 2008 Renewable Energy Summit includes tours of outstanding renewable energy installations. Registration for the tours in on the Summit Web site. It’s not necessary to attend the Summit to register for a tour. Milwaukee School of Engineering (MSOE) and The Urban Ecology Center We are installing a 29kW [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )RENEW newsletter posted online
RENEW Wisconsin’s quarterly newsletter contains the following articles: + Solar Water Heating’s Day of Superlatives + Calumet Voters Strongly Favor Wind + Renewable Profiles: Steve & Nancy Sandstrom + Wind a No Go in Trempealeau + Windpower Projects Near Completion + Calendar You can read the newsletter online in RENEW’s News and Views.
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Don’t let wind turbine issue drag on much longer
From an editorial in the Appleton Post-Crescent: It’s about time to settle the Calumet County wind turbine issue. More than a year old already, the controversy about how to regulate — or, in effect, even allow — two large turbine projects in one of the most promising areas in the state for wind energy has [...]
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