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3 Questions Wisconsinites Are Asking About Heat Pumps

June 1, 2022 admin clean power, consumer technology, electric heat pumps, heat pumps, research, rmi, wisconsin, wisconsin gas

Credit to Author: RMI| Date: Wed, 01 Jun 2022 14:17:09 +0000

The Wisconsin Public Service Commission, which regulates public utilities in the state, is currently deciding what role the state’s energy efficiency program will play in developing the local market for heat pumps. Heat pumps are an efficient, climate-aligned solution for space heating and cooling that can perform well in Wisconsin’s cold climate. By replacing fossil fuel furnaces, heat […]

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Wartsila Engines Will Power New Wisconsin Gas-Fired Plant

May 28, 2022 admin 50sg, Gas, gas engines, hydrogen, Michigan, natural gas, news, wartsila, wec energy group, wisconsin

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Tue, 24 May 2022 22:48:12 +0000

A new natural gas-fired power plant project being developed by Wisconsin-based WEC Energy Group will use seven Wärtsilä 50SG gas engines. The Finland-based technology company on May 24 announced the equipment order, with the engines expected to be used at a planned 128-MW facility located near Wausau, Wisconsin, that would be built at the site […]

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Wartsila Engines Will Power New Wisconsin Gas-Fired Plant

May 28, 2022 admin 50sg, Gas, gas engines, hydrogen, Michigan, natural gas, news, wartsila, wec energy group, wisconsin

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Tue, 24 May 2022 22:48:12 +0000

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Ford E-Transit To USPS: What’s Your EV Problem?

April 11, 2022 admin clean transport, Electric vehicles, electrification, ev batteries, fleet electrification, ford, ford e-transit, ford motor company, Kansas, oshkosh corporation, oshkosh defense, proterra, Shipping, SOUTH CAROLINA, us postal service, usa, usps, wisconsin

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Mon, 11 Apr 2022 16:10:48 +0000

The Ford E-Transit van EV is taking off like a rocket, which makes it all the harder to explain why the US Postal Service is dragging its electrification heels.

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Freedom Fight: Wisconsin Utilities Try to Ban Private Solar Power

February 16, 2022 admin cars, clean power, clean transport, electric cars, Electric vehicles, ev charging, Solar, Solar energy, wisconsin

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2022 15:55:51 +0000

Wisconsin utility companies want the government to outlaw solar-powered EV chargers on private propertiy!

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Wisconsin Wants To Open Up Electricity Sales For EV Charging, But Restrict Solar-Powered EV Chargers

February 6, 2022 admin clean power, clean transport, Electric vehicles, ev charging, ev charging stations, policy & politics, Solar energy, wisconsin, wisconsin ev charging

Credit to Author: Johnna Crider| Date: Sat, 05 Feb 2022 18:00:21 +0000

There are two new Wisconsin bills with a focus on solar-powered electric vehicle chargers making their way through the Wisconsin state legislature. AB 588 and SB 573 both want to emphasize that selling electricity by the kilowatt-hour to electric vehicles doesn’t subject EV charging station owners to utility regulation. Currently, EV charging is sold by […]

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Wisconsin Co-op Will Close Coal-Fired Plant

January 25, 2020 admin Business, Coal, dairyland power cooperative, Gas, minnesota power, natural gas, nemadji trail energy center, news, Nuclear, Renewables, wisconsin

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Sat, 25 Jan 2020 19:52:14 +0000

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Wisconsin-based Dairyland Power Cooperative on Jan. 23 said it would close its 345-MW coal-fired Genoa Station No. 3 by year-end 2021. The move comes as the La Crosse-based utility continues to phase out coal-fired power generation while it develops a new, $700-million natural gas-fired plant, and ramps up its use of renewable power sources. The […]

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Wisconsin PSC Backs Construction of Gas-Fired Plant

January 17, 2020 admin Business, Coal, dairyland power cooperative, Gas, Minnesota, minnesota power, natural gas, nemadji trail energy center, news, Renewables, Solar, Wind, wisconsin

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2020 17:21:31 +0000

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Construction of a $700 million natural gas-fired power plant near the Wisconsin-Minnesota border was authorized by Wisconsin regulators on Jan. 16, over the objections of environmental groups who have said the plant is not needed. Dairyland Power Cooperative and Minnesota Power would jointly own the 625-MW Nemadji Trail Energy Center, which on its current timeline […]

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Court Hands Natural Gas Power Plant Lump Of Coal For Xmas

December 24, 2019 admin dairyland power cooperative, Electricity, Fossil Fuels, Minnesota, minnesota power, natural gas, policy & politics, United States, US, wisconsin

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Tue, 24 Dec 2019 16:45:41 +0000

Ratepayers in Wisconsin are breathing a sigh of relief after a Minnesota court sends a proposed new natural gas power plant back for review — wait, what