Archive for March, 2009
Transporter says wind-power shipments ‘took off’ in March
From an article by Tom Content in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Suppliers to the auto industry may want to shift their focus to wind components, given incentives for renewable energy included in the federal stimulus package. Wisconsin has always been a supply-chain state, to the farm industry with implements, then to the auto industry with [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Wind and jobs continue growing in the Midwest
From a post on the blog of the American Wind Energy Association: What’s a wind industry supply chain? To find out, you’ll have to go to Appleton Wisconsin March 31. And say hello to Gov. Jim Doyle while you are there. Manufacturing related to the wind industry–that’s the supply chain– has become a bright spot [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Cutting energy creates jobs in tough times
From a post by Tom Content on JSonline: The exception to a hiring freeze imposed in recent months by Glendale-based Johnson Controls Inc. has been the company’s building efficiency division. In the last six months, the Milwaukee-based energy business, which provides energy controls and renewable energy consulting to its customers, has added 70 jobs, said [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Energy habits need to change quickly
From a post on Tom Content’s blog on JSonline: The United States should enact a carbon tax – and distribute the proceeds to every adult in the nation — as a policy move to create behavior changes needed to reduce emissions linked to global warming. That was the message climate scientist James Hansen of the [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Pleasant Prairie experiment: Subtracting carbon from coal
From a post by Tom Content on JS Online: The carbon dioxide catch-and-release experiment in Pleasant Prairie, which started last year, is getting some more attention today. The We Energies power plant is the site of a project funded in part by the Electric Power Research Institute and the French company Alstom. Alstom has built [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 1 so far )Three presentations: Solar hot water, renewable economic impacts, and wind outlook
From two presentations by Michael Vickerman at the 2009 Wisconsin Renewable Energy Summit: Getting Serious About Solar Hot Water Value Proposition to System Owner + Less expensive (on a life-cycle basis) + Predictable return + Negligible risk Value Proposition to Society + Emission-free + Non-depleting + Indigenous + Highly secure SHW Potential in Wisconsin + [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Fox Cities Habitat for Humanity to build 14 solar-equipped homes
From an article by in the Appleton Post-Crescent: Menasha — Greater Fox Cities Area Habitat for Humanity plans to equip all 14 homes it builds in 2009 with either a solar water heating system or a photovoltaic electrical generating system. The project is supported by a partnership of utility corporations, non-profit organizations, and educational establishments [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Wind energy gives Europe a competitive advantage
From an article on Wind Daily: Wind energy can replace a large proportion of the polluting and finite fuels we currently rely on,” explained Andris Piebalgs, EU Energy Commissioner, at the opening session of the European Wind Energy Conference and Exhibition (EWEC) organised by the European Wind Energy Association (EWEA). “It makes good sense to [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Don’t blow chance for windpower
From an editorial in the Wisconsin State Journal: Wisconsin Power & Light’s plans to look more toward the wind as a power source should underscore for lawmakers the need to support wind farm development. Wisconsin cannot afford to let the statewide interest in harnessing clean, renewable power from the wind be frustrated by local “not [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 1 so far )Grants available to fund staff positions on energy savings
From a news release issued by Focus on Energy: MADISON, Wis. (March 17, 2009) – Focus on Energy, Wisconsin’s energy efficiency and renewable energy initiative, announced new staffing grants today to help businesses, manufacturers, farms, schools and government facilities throughout the state complete energy efficiency projects. “Businesses don’t need to let staffing issues become a [...]
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