Energy & Utilities

County approves major solar farm project

The Dane County Board has approved a major solar farm that would...

Grants enable community organizations to install solar

MadiSUN Backyard Solar grants, a city of Madison grant program, is allowing...

$7 million in energy innovation grants seeking applications

The Wisconsin Public Service Commission is seeking businesses, schools, governments, and other...

Renewable energy goal within reach with new project

A new solar field in the town of Cottage Grove will help...

Solar energy will account for 5% of UW’s electricity use

The University of Wisconsin–Madison plans on purchasing half of the energy produced...

UW wins $2.5 million for tackling plastic waste

The U.S. Department of Energy has awarded the University of Wisconsin–Madison funding...

Cottage Grove chemical plant to pay $480,500 for EPA violations

Hydrite Chemical Co. exceeded its hazardous air pollution permit limits and has...

Report: Madison lags in energy efforts

American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy’s 2020 City Clean Energy Scorecard, which...

Environmental group rejects utility rate freeze

The Sierra Club says a proposed MGE rate freeze will create future...

MGE earns approval of $31.7 million Fitchburg solar project

The Wisconsin Public Service Commission has authorized a 20-megawatt solar farm to...