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The cost of clean air
From an article by Mike Ivey in The Capital Times: For more than a decade, customers at Madison Gas & Electric have voted with their pocketbooks for cleaner energy. Under the voluntary “Green Power Tomorrow” program, more than 12,000 MGE customers – nearly 10 percent of its total customer base – pay on average a [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Do wind installations need one-to-one backup? No.
Comments from Jeff Anthony, a RENEW board member, manager of industry relations for the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA), and a former Wisconsin utility manager: [Backup for wind] is a very complex issue. Here are my attempts at (hopefully) simple explanations for why the following four statements are, in all four cases, not really accurate. [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Cheaper power; higher costs
From an article by Judy Newman in the Wisconsin State Journal: Demand for electricity has dropped nationwide this year, holding down the price of power that one utility sells to another. That is translating into a bit of a price break for Wisconsin consumers, but not a huge one, utility officials and regulators said. Wholesale [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Windpower: A Stabilizing Force in an Economic Downdraft
From a commentary by Michael Vickerman, Executive Director, RENEW Wisconsin: Much to no one’s surprise, energy-related carbon dioxide emissions fell sharply in 2008 from previous year levels. The U.S. Energy Information Agency (EIA), which has been tracking greenhouse gas emissions since 1990, attributes the 2.8% decline to a combination of high energy prices in spring [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )RENEW’s newsletter now online
The spring edition of RENEW’s newsletter includes the following articles: Legislature to Tackle Wind Permitting The Importance of Doing the Math Stimulus Package 101 Policy Drives Solar Hot Water Market PSC Investigates Renewable Tariffs Open Letter from RENEW President Calendar
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )CEO: Carbon capture technology a decade away
From a post by Tom Content on JS Online: Wisconsin Energy Corp. CEO Gale Klappa told CNBC’s Jim Cramer this afternoon that he believes it will be another 10 to 12 years before technology to capture carbon from old coal-fired power plants will be available on a widespread scale. Cramer invited Klappa on his “Mad [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )The Importance of Doing the Math
From a commentary by Michael Vickerman, RENEW Wisconsin’s executive director: The average American adult exhibits some proficiency with basic arithmetic–the adding, subtracting, multiplying and dividing of numbers. With these tools we are able to calculate a baseball player’s batting average, the amount of interest income earned on a three-month certificate of deposit, the service tip [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 1 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 )Xcel files application for largest biomass plant in Midwest
From a news release issued by Excel Energy: ASHLAND, Wis. (Press Release) – Following more than a year of study and planning, Xcel Energy announced it has filed an application for a Certificate of Authority with the Public Service Commission of Wisconsin (PSCW) to install biomass gasification technology at its Bay Front Power Plant in [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Nuclear should be part of state energy solution, PSC chair says
From an article by Brian E. Clark posted on WisBusiness.com: MADISON — Eric Callisto, chairman of the state Public Service Commission, predicts the Legislature will soon open the door to building new nuclear power plants in Wisconsin. Speaking Monday at an energy conference organized by WisPolitics.com-WisBusiness.com, Callisto said the Democratic-controlled Assembly and Senate will enact [...]
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