Archive for June, 2008
Wind/solar installer named Market Provider of the Year
John Hippensteel (right) talks with a fairgoer at the Energy Fair, where Hippensteel was named Market Provider of the Year by Focus on Energy. From a media release issued by Focus on Energy: MADISON, Wis. (June 30) – Focus on Energy’s Renewable Energy Program honored John Hippensteel, of Sturgeon Bay, Wis. based Lake Michigan Wind [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Meet the experts: Vickerman, Sagrillo, Bartman
From an article by Dustin Block in The Daily Reporter features RENEW Wisconsin Executuive Director Michael Vickerman, RENEW board members Mick Sagrillo, and Dan Bartman, one of the founders of otherpower.com, an organization dedicated to homegrown alternative energy: Of all renewable energy sources, wind power presents the best chance for the state to produce green [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Images of the Energy Fair
The EETimes Web site hosts a gallery of images from the recent Energy Fair. In addition, the site includes an article by George Leopold: CUSTER, Wis. — The man’s fishing cap has a picture of a fish piloting a boat. Under the picture it states, “My wife says I fish too much.” Not the kind [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Mr. Bush, Lead or Leave
From an op ed by Thomas Friedman in The New York Times: Two years ago, President Bush declared that America was “addicted to oil,” and, by gosh, he was going to do something about it. Well, now he has. Now we have the new Bush energy plan: “Get more addicted to oil.” Actually, it’s more [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Alliant needs more compelling case for new coal plant
From an editorial in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Wisconsin Power & Light Co. took a significant step recently when it promised to offset the greenhouse gas emissions from a new coal plant it is proposing to build in southwestern Wisconsin. Company officials understand the importance of balancing energy sources to provide customers with reliable and [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Complaint filed against Manitowoc wind farm
From an article by Kristopher Wenn in the Manitowoc Herald Times Reporter: MANITOWOC — Residents opposed to a wind farm project in Two Creeks have filed a complaint in Manitowoc County Circuit Court requesting a permit extension for the project be nullified. Jerome Hlinak, of rural Two Rivers, his neighbors and members of Wisconsin Independent [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )RENEW Wisconsin Comments on Comprehensive Strawman Proposal for Governor Doyle’s Global Warming Task Force
From a statement on behalf of RENEW Wisconsin submitted by Michael Vickerman to the Governor’s Global Warming Task Force: These comments, submitted on behalf of RENEW Wisconsin, address the strawman proposal developed by the co-chairs of Governor Doyle’s Global Warming Task Force. I represented RENEW in the Electric Generation and Supply Workgroup and took part [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Let there be light: Church sees mission in solar panels
From an article by Tom Heinen in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Tapping into a higher power, Unitarian Universalist Church West in Brookfield has become the first church in southeastern Wisconsin to install a solar-electric generating system. Rob Zimmerman, president of Unitarian Universalist Church West in Brookfield, and the Rev. Suzelle Lynch stand on top of [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Groups pan Alliant coal-plant plan
From a news release from the Sierra Club: Madison – When Alliant Energy announced plans to shut down a small coal plant in a vain attempt to deal with the huge amounts of pollution that may be spewed from its proposed new coal plant in Cassville, Mark Kresowik, the corporate accountability representative for the Sierra [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Alliant to retire aging coal plant, build more wind, double biomass commitment, and increase energy efficiency, to reduce carbon ‘footprint’
From a media release issued by Wisconsin Power and Light, parent company of Alliant: MADISON, Wis., June 12 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Wisconsin Power and Light Company (WPL), a subsidiary of Alliant Energy Corporation (NYSE: LNT – News), proposed today to reduce its generation fleet’s greenhouse gas emissions by retiring a coal-fired generating unit, dramatically increasing its [...]
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