Energy

The Vista Sands Solar Project will be built on more than 6,000 acres in Portage County.

A coalition of groups are challenging permits issued by state regulators to Canadian energy firm Enbridge for the company’s plan to reroute an oil and gas pipeline around the Bad River tribe’s reservation.

We Energies hopes to build a new natural gas-fired power plant in Kenosha County, the utility arguing the project is critical to meeting increasing demand from industry in southeast Wisconsin.

Environmental groups are asking the Wisconsin Supreme Court to hear their case, challenging approval of a planned $1 billion gas-fired power plant in Superior.

The Columbia Energy Center was originally slated to shut down by the end of 2024, but two years ago that retirement was pushed back to 2026. Now, it will remain open through 2029. 

A recent order allows the receiver to pay the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development more than $120,000, which will go toward unpaid wages for the defunct company’s employees.

Climate and energy efficiency advocates say Wisconsin homeowners can still take advantage of incentives under the Inflation Reduction Act as President-elect Donald Trump has threatened to rescind unspent funds.

The USDA announced roughly $24 million in funding for 13 rural Wisconsin businesses to install renewable energy systems or become more energy efficient.

After securing key state permits, hurdles remain for Enbridge’s controverial plan to reroute Line 5 around the Bad River tribe’s reservation, including legal challenges and calls from tribal leaders to deny federal approval of the project.

Microsoft will use generators that rely on diesel or renewable fuel to provide backup power at its data centers as part of the company’s $3.3 billion data center campus in Mount Pleasant.