Clean Energy Backlash
May 17, 2023
To reach our climate goals, Wisconsin needs to build one major wind project and three to four large solar farms every year for the next few decades. But a wave of pushback could be coming. Some Wisconsin communities are working to pass ordinances making it harder to build those clean energy projects. It’s something happening across our region.…
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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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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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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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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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