Archive for March, 2008
Milwaukee chosen for solar grant
From a press release issued by the Department of Energy: DENVER, CO – U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Samuel W. Bodman today announced that DOE will make available up to $2.4 million to 12 cities across the country selected as Solar America Cities, chosen for their commitment and comprehensive approach to the deployment of [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Alliant partners with Prairie Lands Bio-Products, Inc. to develop renewables to fuel Iowa power plant
From a press release posted on Alliant Energy’s Web site: CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa – March 26, 2008 – Interstate Power and Light Company (IPL), a subsidiary of Alliant Energy Corporation (NYSE: LNT), announced today a partnership with Prairie Lands Bio-Products, Inc. (Prairie Lands) to assess ways to create a commercially viable market for switchgrass or [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )State to start issuing energy grants, loans
From an article by Rick Barrett in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Businesses and researchers may soon apply for state grants and loans aimed at developing renewable energy, Gov. Jim Doyle said Tuesday.The state expects to award about $15 million per year for 10 years from the newly created Wisconsin Energy Independence Fund, Doyle said at [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Call for energy research proposals
From Focus on Energy: Wisconsin’s Focus on Energy Environmental and Economic Research and Development Program (EERD) is pleased to announce $1,300,000 in grant funding available this year for research projects that study the environmental and economic impacts of electricity and natural gas use in Wisconsin. EERD is looking for projects that study the environmental impacts [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Do wind turbines make too much noise?
Apparently the Fond du Lac Reporter filmed the new wind turbines in Fond du Lac County and posted the footage on You Tube: http://video.aol.com/video-detail/do-wind-turbines-make-much-sound/610841121 A bubbling brook and birds can be plainly heard while the turbines spin. A passing automobile drowns out all other sound.
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Alliant touts Cassville plant; intervenors respond
The Wisconsin State Journal ran an opinion piece by Barbara Swan, president of Alliant Energy ‘s Wisconsin Power & Light Company. Here’s an excerpt: For us, innovation starts in Cassville. Rather than depend solely on traditional fuels like coal, the new, state-of-the-art plant will have the flexibility to also burn hay from Wisconsin fields (switchgrass), [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Turbine built too close to residence
From an article by Tom Content in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Town of Marshfield – We Energies is facing a 15-yard penalty of sorts after a resident flagged the power company for building a wind turbine too close to his home.Local ordinances require that wind towers be erected at least 1,000 feet from a neighboring [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Farms clean up with new crop – wind turbines
From an article by Tom Content in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Town of Marshfield – The state’s newest energy crop is rising above the rolling farm fields overlooking Lake Winnebago in northeastern Fond du Lac County. While farmers throughout Wisconsin have planted more corn in recent years to make ethanol, some area farmers will soon [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Kansas governor rejects two coal-fired power plants
From an article posted on the Environmental News Service: TOPEKA, Kansas, March 21, 2008 (ENS) – Kansas Governor Kathleen Sebelius today vetoed legislation that would have overturned a decision of her administration to deny an permit application to build two new coal-fired power plants because of the greenhouse gases they would have produced. The measure [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Public sends mixed signals on energy policy
From a summary of the findings of the Pew Research Center for the People and the Press: At a time of rising energy prices, the public continues to be conflicted in its overall approach toward energy and the environment. A majority of Americans say that developing new sources of energy, rather than protecting the environment, [...]
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