Solar
PV’s levelized cost drops to 11.5 cents per kWh with incentives
An analysis by Don Wichert, Director, Renewable Energy Services, Wisconsin Energy Conservation Corporation (WECC): My recent (simplified) levelized cost analysis for commercial PV, at $5,252 a kW installed in WI, over 25 years and with a 5% loan (no shading, no maintenance, no output degradation), is 13.8 cents per kWh as shown on the slide [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Solar PV system installed on First Congregational Church, UCC in Sheboygan
A news release issued by Arch Electric: Arch Electric recently installed and commissioned a 19.32-kilowatt solar electric (PV) system for First Congregational Church, UCC in the City of Sheboygan. The solar array consists of 84 solar modules and was installed on the roof of the church building with a custom-designed ballast rack system that required [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )RENEW on team to remove solar red tape
From an article by Tom Content in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: A group of Wisconsin cities and nonprofit organizations was awarded $467,188 on Thursday to help develop ways to remove red tape with the goal of bringing down the cost for homeowners and businesses to add solar power. The funding from the U.S. Department of [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Solar energy makes gains, but policy puts future in question
From an article by in the La Crosse Tribune: When the sun shines, Al Schultz makes money. Specifically, the 32 photovoltaic panels on his roof turn the sun’s rays into electricity that powers his home in Ebner Coulee. If he doesn’t need the power, he sells it to Xcel Energy. “There is a certain peace [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )PSC’s cost-benefit test unfairly penalizes renewables
An e-mail exchange between Burke O’Neal (Full Spectrum Solar), Robert Norcross (Public Service Commission of Wisconsin – PSC), and Niels Wolter (Madison Solar Consulting) illustrates the agency’s institutional bias against renewable energy in Wisconsin’s Focus on Energy program. Excerpts from O’Neal’s e-mail (Harming WI Industry: Poor Handling of Focus on Energy Renewables Program) to the PSC and Governor Walker: [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Solar jobs should grow, but maybe not in Wisconsin
From an article by Tom Content in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: The solar sector is expanding nationwide, a new report out Monday found, but a renewable energy advocate warned that Wisconsin could see a pullback in solar projects and growth next year. “Our report shows that there are over 100,000 solar jobs at over 17,000 [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 1 so far )RENEW puts solar hot water on the Wisconsin map
More information Michael Vickerman Executive Director 608.255.4044 mvickerman@renewwisconsin.org From the North Woods to the Illinois border, from Lake Michigan to the Mississippi River, growing numbers of Wisconsin factories, businesses, schools, hospitals, fire stations, apartment buildings and breweries have installed systems that heat their water with the power of the sun. A newly launched online map [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Milwaukee solar panel maker lands deal with U.S. military, adds 2nd shift
From an article by Tom Content in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Solar panels produced by Helios Solar Works of Milwaukee will be used by the U.S. Army, the FBI and other government customers under a strategic partnership announced Tuesday by Arista Power Inc. Arista is a manufacturer of wind turbines and renewable energy storage systems [...]
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