The Wisconsin Public Service Commission says in its 25-page report that all 118 Wisconsin electric providers met renewable energy portfolio standards for 2010. The commission said the utilities are making progress toward the requirement that 10% of electricity come from renewable sources by 2015, and five have met that standard. Last year, 7.37% of…
Project deferred, so six turbines for sale
Wave Wind LLC, Sun Prairie, Wisc. says it has sold its planned EcoDane wind project in Springfield, Wis., to a local company. The project was first proposed in 2007. Terms of the agreement were not public. The company purchased six, 1.5-MW turbines in 2009 with the intention of building the project. “The 10-MW project…
Misguided legislation sends jobs to Canada
By Jeff Anthony, Business Director, AWEA, Milwaukee, Wisc The Wisconsin Assembly recently passed a bill that would enable hydroelectric power from Manitoba, Canada to be shipped to Wisconsin to meet the state’s 2006 law requiring 10% of the state’s electricity to come from renewable energy sources by 2015. If enacted into law, the Manitoba Hydro…
Glacier Hills Wind Farm starts with 90 turbines
A tall telescoping crane will erect the first of 90 wind turbines at the Glacier Hills Wind Park in Columbia County, Wis. Eleven trains from Colorado delivered the 148-ft-long fiberglass blades along with nacelles. More than 800 trucks delivered the steel towers, each of which are made of four flanged sections bolted together for…