Focus on Energy reaches milestone
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin's resource for energy efficiency and renewable energy is celebrating a milestone.
Focus on Energy says it has helped finance solar-electric generation projects that produce 2.5 megawatts of electricity.
Spokeswoman Kelly Lang says it's enough to power about 350 homes a year and the production avoids having to burn more than 2,650 tons of coal at a coal-fired generator.
Lang says Focus on Energy has helped fund 582 solar electric systems in Wisconsin, including the Town of Menasha's 28-kilowatt system and a 14.7-kilowatt project for the Navarino Nature Center near Shiocton.
Lang says it took six years for Focus on Energy projects to reach 1 megawatt of solar-electric generation. She says it's taken less than two years to finance the next 1.5 megawatts as the renewable energy industry is booming.
Sep 29, 2009 at 2:52 p.m.
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I couldn't resist finding out who is Focus on Energy. The organizational chart they publish says they are part of the Public Service Commission of Wisconsin. Three men appointed by the governor run a huge program and dish out money to many different places. Interesting to me where our tax money is going.
Sep 29, 2009 at 1:16 p.m.
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Boy, some people just can't receive good news without sticking it to someone else. I almost feel sorry for such creatures.
Sep 29, 2009 at 10:06 a.m.
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woppy big deal! now lets work on taking all the cars from people that are on state assistance. I think this would do more than that cash for clunkers mess did to clean the air.
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