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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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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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Under the Lens: Homegrown energy in Wisconsin

December 8, 2022

Which land use produces more energy per acre, corn ethanol or solar? More than a million acres of land in Wisconsin is used…

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A cleaner, healthier Wisconsin is within reach

December 8, 2022

  Wisconsin can slash carbon emissions and transform our economy within a generation. Our recently published Roadmap to Net Zero by 2050 paints…

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New Energy Study Shows Net-Zero Emissions Possible for Wisconsin by 2050

October 25, 2022

Achieving Net Zero Would Expand Wisconsin’s Economy While Saving Billions in Healthcare Costs There is a pathway for Wisconsin to achieve a net-zero…

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Koshkonong Solar Farm Approval an Important Step in Wisconsin’s Transition to Clean Energy

April 7, 2022

Today the Public Service Commission (PSC) voted to approve construction of the Koshkonong Solar Energy Center, a 300 megawatt (MW) utility-scale solar farm…

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