Archive for March, 2010
We Energies files application for biomass plant
From an article by Tom Content in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Seeking to expand its renewable power portfolio beyond wind farms, We Energies on Monday filed an application with state regulators to build a $255 million biomass power plant near Wausau. The project would supply steam to Domtar Corp.’s paper mill in Rothschild and create [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )PSC: Clean energy naysayers have it wrong
From a letter to the Wisconsin legislature from Public Service Commission (PSC) Chair Eric Callisto: Yesterday [March 12, 2010], several interest groups wrote legislators urging opposition to the Clean Energy Jobs Act. The groups warned that the cost of renewable energy standards and enhanced energy efficiency programs would be “enormous” and the benefits only “nominal.” [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Company could grow with passage of Clean Energy Jobs Act
From an article by Kayla Bunge in the Janesville Gazette: LAKE GENEVA — John Kivlin despises the word “sustainability” for all the political and social stereotypes it stirs up. But he can find few other words that accurately describe his philosophy on renewable energy and its ability to create local jobs and fuel the state [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Businesses support Clean Energy Jobs Act
From a commentary by Guy Selsmeyer, president of Northern Biogas, in the Wausau Daily Herald: One sector of the Wisconsin economy, renewable energy, continues to create jobs, despite the economic recession. Already this year, three new businesses in renewable energy manufacturing have made headlines, creating nearly 1,000 manufacturing jobs in Wisconsin in the next few [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Watch as turbine is installed in one minute
From an article by Peter J. Devlin in the Door County Advocate: The owner of a town of Egg Harbor business hopes to generate the majority of its electricity needs from the wind. Sandra Chlubna owns and operates the Feathered Star Bed and Breakfast on Wisconsin 42, north of Carlsville, where a 110-foot-tall tower and [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Business coalition praises clean energy jobs report
From a news release issued by Clean, Responsible Energy for Wisconsin’s Economy (CREWE): (MADISON, Wis.)—A report released Thursday [March 4,2010] by Governor Jim Doyle showed that Focus on Energy programs have added more than 5,000 jobs and more than $1 billion to Wisconsin’s economy since 2001, the coalition for Clean, Responsible Energy for Wisconsin’s Economy [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )PSC Chair: Clean Energy Jobs Act always cheaper than status quo
From a letter by PSC Chair Eric Callisto to the special committees on clean energy jobs: . . . [W]hat follows is a summary of preliminary PSC cost modeling of the RPS and energy efficiency components of the CEJA. . . . The modeling shows that in every case in which GHGs are monetized (i.e., [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )John Bahr, RENEW board member, named Environmental Hero
From the newsletter of John Muir Chapter of the Sierra Club: At the annual Great Waters Group Holiday Party, John Bahr was named this year’s GWG Environmental Hero. Each year a volunteer receives this honor for his or her efforts in “Exploring, Enjoying, and Protecting the planet.” John has worked diligently for the past five [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )What is really happening is a paradigm shift
Gerry Flakas, a RENEW member, sent the following letter to the editor of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel in response to the “fine editorial” in support of the Clean Energy Jobs Act legislation: To the Editor: Yes, the Clean Energy Jobs Act is a good thing for Wisconsin. Renewable energy and efficiency/conservation are the future, and [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 1 so far )This act is not just about jobs; it’s about the future
From an editorial in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: The tone and tenor of the debate over the Clean Energy Jobs Act was determined the moment the legislation was named. Supporters built into the name what they, not unreasonably, believed would be one of the bill’s principal virtues: job creation. But, with recession-induced trauma still fresh [...]
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