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Clean Wisconsin, Sierra Club call on PSC to Rescind Approval of $700 Million Gas Power Plant

April 20, 2023

A planned methane gas plant for Superior, Wis., is increasingly likely to become an expensive, outdated waste of ratepayer money. That’s according to...…

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Three Big Things

April 11, 2023

The goal is in sight. We know Wisconsin can reach a clean energy future within a generation, one where we breathe cleaner air,…

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Under the Lens: Exploring carbon capture and storage

April 11, 2023

  Carbon Capture and Storage, what is it and how does it work? Many analyses investigating how to reach climate goals include carbon…

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Climate Cash: How Wisconsin can make the most of historic federal funds

April 11, 2023

How much will you get from the Inflation Reduction Act? Find with Rewiring America’s IRA Calculator Historic federal funding measures could make a…

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Q & A with Energy Program Manager Ciaran Gallagher

April 11, 2023

Clean Wisconsin has a new Energy Manager! A recent graduate of the Energy and Resources Ph.D. program at UW-Madison, Dr. Ciaran Gallagher specialized…

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Green Infrastructure Toolkit for Wisconsin Municipalities

March 15, 2023

A toolkit to empower local Wisconsin governments looking to use green infrastructure as a stormwater management solution and community enhancement strategy.…

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Solar vs Corn for Ethanol: Which land use produces the most energy?

March 13, 2023

We’re hearing it more and more: Solar farms in Wisconsin are taking away prime farmland used for food. But it turns out, a million acres of farmland in Wisconsin are already being used energy production by growing corn for ethanol. A quarter of all the corn grown in our state is processed into ethanol. Nationwide, it’s 45%.…

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Corn Ethanol vs. Solar Land Use Comparison

March 11, 2023

How corn for ethanol and solar photovoltaics differ on overall energy production and land-use efficiency.…

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Solar in the Snow!

February 3, 2023

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Analysis: Solar farms produce 100 times more energy per acre than corn ethanol

January 24, 2023

Wisconsin currently uses about a million acres of land to grow corn for ethanol, but the state could reap far more energy on less land with solar.…

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