Renewable Enery

The town of Carlton board chair says most residents are comfortable with nuclear energy but leery of losing farmland to other projects.

Several solar energy projects across Wisconsin are facing community pushback, including two large projects being opposed by local governments.

Solar energy is on track to produce 50 percent of the world’s electricity supply in the 2030s, according to a UW-Madison professor and author.

The developer behind the largest solar project ever approved in Wisconsin has agreed to a settlement with a state conservation group aimed at protecting the Greater Prairie Chicken.

Local governments are making formal plans to reduce their carbon footprint and protect the environment.

The new 3 cent per kilowatt tax is expected to generate nearly $3.35 million in 2025.

Wisconsin energy experts say President-elect Donald Trump will slow reductions in greenhouse gas emissions to combat climate change and the shift to renewable energy, but not stop it entirely.

Rate increases for electricity and gas can cause struggles for low-income families. The utilities say they’re necessary to pay for new solar farms and to protect against power outages.

An estimated 82 clean energy projects in Wisconsin — totaling $18 billion of expected investment — could be eligible for tax incentives tied to union jobs from the Inflation Reduction Act.

State regulators are recommending a solar developer scale back its plans for the roughly $2 billion Vista Sands Solar project in Portage County to protect Wisconsin’s greater prairie-chicken population.