by Ed Blume | Oct 15, 2012 | Uncategorized
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Michael Vickerman
608.255.4044, ext. 2
State’s largest customer-owned renewable energy system breaks ground
in Dane County
(Madison) – Within a day after receiving the go-ahead from
the Springfield town board, heavy construction equipment broke
ground on Epic Systems’ Galactic Wind Farm, a six-turbine facility along U.S.
Highway 12 in western Dane County. The 10-
megawatt project should begin producing power by year’s end.
Epic Systems’ project, the third customer-owned
windpower installation to go forward this year, will be larger than the
two-turbine Cashton Greens project in Monroe County and the two-turbine Waxdale project in Racine County. Organic Valley and Gundersen Lutheran completed their Cashton project earlier this
year, while S. C. Johnson is building its Waxdale project, which should be
operational in December of this year.
“Epic’s project came together because of four
factors: a company committed to long-term sustainability, a spirit of
cooperation among town and county officials, strong local support, and a
favorable tax climate,” said Michael Vickerman, program and policy director for RENEW Wisconsin, a nonprofit
advocacy organization promoting renewable energy use in Wisconsin.
Epic also owns and operates Wisconsin’s largest solar electricity facility on its Verona campus, which it completed this summer.
The Springfield town board approved Epic’s project on a 5 to zero vote. No one at the board meeting expressed any
objections to the project.
“I can easily foresee other sustainability-minded Wisconsin companies pursuing wind turbines to produce
electricity for their own operations, as long as Congress acts quickly to
extend the federal Production Tax Credit, which levels the playing field
between wind energy and fossil-fuel generation,” said Vickerman.
END
RENEW Wisconsin is an independent, nonprofit
501(c)(3) that leads and represents businesses, and individuals who seek more clean,
renewable energy in Wisconsin. More information on RENEW’s Web site at
www.renewwisconsin.org.
by jboullion | Oct 12, 2012 | Uncategorized
From an article Steven Verburg in the Wisconsin State Journal:
Epic Systems plans six wind turbines northwest of Madison
Dane County’s first array of commercial wind turbines will rise hundreds of feet above the rolling hills along Highway 12 northwest of Madison under plans Epic Systems of Verona hatched over the last four weeks.
The plan had to move quickly so that Epic can take advantage of federal tax credits that expire Dec. 31, said Bruce Richards, the medical software manufacturer’s director of facilities and engineering.
Six turbines — each with three 135-foot blades spinning atop a 262-foot tower — will be visible from the tall buildings in Downtown Madison, including the Capitol, and the electricity they generate will help Epic offset most of its energy needs on its sprawling Verona campus. . . .
A geothermal system heats and cools the Verona campus, and solar panels already generate electricity. The addition of the turbines will mean the company can provide about 85 percent of its own energy needs by 2014, Richards said.
“What sticks out to me is Epic’s incredible commitment to renewable energy,” said Dane County Executive Joe Parisi, whose administration has expedited permits for the company.
Morse Group president Lou Rotello said his company will serve as engineering, procurement and construction contractor on the project, which will employ about 75 construction workers.
The site is a good one in part because almost all of the homes that could be affected by noise or flickering shadows from the turbine blades are occupied by family members of the landowners who are leasing their land for the towers, Rotello said.
The ridge isn’t the windiest spot in the county, but studies indicate it will be gusty enough to spin the blades at 27 percent of their full-speed capacity each year, Rotello said.
The turbines have a capacity of 9.9 megawatts, which will qualify them as one of 10 “major” wind power generators in Wisconsin, said Deborah Irwin, the state Public Service Commission’s renewable energy specialist.
Read the full article here.
by jboullion | Oct 12, 2012 | Uncategorized
From an article Steven Verburg in the Wisconsin State Journal:
Epic Systems plans six wind turbines northwest of Madison
Dane County’s first array of commercial wind turbines will rise hundreds of feet above the rolling hills along Highway 12 northwest of Madison under plans Epic Systems of Verona hatched over the last four weeks.
The plan had to move quickly so that Epic can take advantage of federal tax credits that expire Dec. 31, said Bruce Richards, the medical software manufacturer’s director of facilities and engineering.
Six turbines — each with three 135-foot blades spinning atop a 262-foot tower — will be visible from the tall buildings in Downtown Madison, including the Capitol, and the electricity they generate will help Epic offset most of its energy needs on its sprawling Verona campus. . . .
A geothermal system heats and cools the Verona campus, and solar panels already generate electricity. The addition of the turbines will mean the company can provide about 85 percent of its own energy needs by 2014, Richards said.
“What sticks out to me is Epic’s incredible commitment to renewable energy,” said Dane County Executive Joe Parisi, whose administration has expedited permits for the company.
Morse Group president Lou Rotello said his company will serve as engineering, procurement and construction contractor on the project, which will employ about 75 construction workers.
The site is a good one in part because almost all of the homes that could be affected by noise or flickering shadows from the turbine blades are occupied by family members of the landowners who are leasing their land for the towers, Rotello said.
The ridge isn’t the windiest spot in the county, but studies indicate it will be gusty enough to spin the blades at 27 percent of their full-speed capacity each year, Rotello said.
The turbines have a capacity of 9.9 megawatts, which will qualify them as one of 10 “major” wind power generators in Wisconsin, said Deborah Irwin, the state Public Service Commission’s renewable energy specialist.
Read the full article here.
by jboullion | Oct 12, 2012 | Uncategorized
From an article Steven Verburg in the Wisconsin State Journal:
Epic Systems plans six wind turbines northwest of Madison
Dane County’s first array of commercial wind turbines will rise hundreds of feet above the rolling hills along Highway 12 northwest of Madison under plans Epic Systems of Verona hatched over the last four weeks.
The plan had to move quickly so that Epic can take advantage of federal tax credits that expire Dec. 31, said Bruce Richards, the medical software manufacturer’s director of facilities and engineering.
Six turbines — each with three 135-foot blades spinning atop a 262-foot tower — will be visible from the tall buildings in Downtown Madison, including the Capitol, and the electricity they generate will help Epic offset most of its energy needs on its sprawling Verona campus. . . .
A geothermal system heats and cools the Verona campus, and solar panels already generate electricity. The addition of the turbines will mean the company can provide about 85 percent of its own energy needs by 2014, Richards said.
“What sticks out to me is Epic’s incredible commitment to renewable energy,” said Dane County Executive Joe Parisi, whose administration has expedited permits for the company.
Morse Group president Lou Rotello said his company will serve as engineering, procurement and construction contractor on the project, which will employ about 75 construction workers.
The site is a good one in part because almost all of the homes that could be affected by noise or flickering shadows from the turbine blades are occupied by family members of the landowners who are leasing their land for the towers, Rotello said.
The ridge isn’t the windiest spot in the county, but studies indicate it will be gusty enough to spin the blades at 27 percent of their full-speed capacity each year, Rotello said.
The turbines have a capacity of 9.9 megawatts, which will qualify them as one of 10 “major” wind power generators in Wisconsin, said Deborah Irwin, the state Public Service Commission’s renewable energy specialist.
Read the full article here.
by jboullion | Oct 12, 2012 | Uncategorized
Check out this article from Steven Verburg in the Wisconsin State Journal:
Epic Systems plans six wind turbines northwest of Madison
Dane County’s first array of commercial wind turbines will rise hundreds of feet above the rolling hills along Highway 12 northwest of Madison under plans Epic Systems of Verona hatched over the last four weeks.
The plan had to move quickly so that Epic can take advantage of federal tax credits that expire Dec. 31, said Bruce Richards, the medical software manufacturer’s director of facilities and engineering.
Six turbines — each with three 135-foot blades spinning atop a 262-foot tower — will be visible from the tall buildings in Downtown Madison, including the Capitol, and the electricity they generate will help Epic offset most of its energy needs on its sprawling Verona campus.
. . .
A geothermal system heats and cools the Verona campus, and solar panels already generate electricity. The addition of the turbines will mean the company can provide about 85 percent of its own energy needs by 2014, Richards said.
“What sticks out to me is Epic’s incredible commitment to renewable energy,” said Dane County Executive Joe Parisi, whose administration has expedited permits for the company.
Morse Group president Lou Rotello said his company will serve as engineering, procurement and construction contractor on the project, which will employ about 75 construction workers.
The site is a good one in part because almost all of the homes that could be affected by noise or flickering shadows from the turbine blades are occupied by family members of the landowners who are leasing their land for the towers, Rotello said.
The ridge isn’t the windiest spot in the county, but studies indicate it will be gusty enough to spin the blades at 27 percent of their full-speed capacity each year, Rotello said.
The turbines have a capacity of 9.9 megawatts, which will qualify them as one of 10 “major” wind power generators in Wisconsin, said Deborah Irwin, the state Public Service Commission’s renewable energy specialist.
Read the full article here.
by jboullion | Oct 12, 2012 | Uncategorized
It’s official – Check out this article from Steven Verburg in the Wisconsin State Journal:
Epic Systems plans six wind turbines northwest of Madison
Dane County’s first array of commercial wind turbines will rise hundreds of feet above the rolling hills along Highway 12 northwest of Madison under plans Epic Systems of Verona hatched over the last four weeks.
The plan had to move quickly so that Epic can take advantage of federal tax credits that expire Dec. 31, said Bruce Richards, the medical software manufacturer’s director of facilities and engineering.
Six turbines — each with three 135-foot blades spinning atop a 262-foot tower — will be visible from the tall buildings in Downtown Madison, including the Capitol, and the electricity they generate will help Epic offset most of its energy needs on its sprawling Verona campus.
. . .
A geothermal system heats and cools the Verona campus, and solar panels already generate electricity. The addition of the turbines will mean the company can provide about 85 percent of its own energy needs by 2014, Richards said.
“What sticks out to me is Epic’s incredible commitment to renewable energy,” said Dane County Executive Joe Parisi, whose administration has expedited permits for the company.
Morse Group president Lou Rotello said his company will serve as engineering, procurement and construction contractor on the project, which will employ about 75 construction workers.
The site is a good one in part because almost all of the homes that could be affected by noise or flickering shadows from the turbine blades are occupied by family members of the landowners who are leasing their land for the towers, Rotello said.
The ridge isn’t the windiest spot in the county, but studies indicate it will be gusty enough to spin the blades at 27 percent of their full-speed capacity each year, Rotello said.
The turbines have a capacity of 9.9 megawatts, which will qualify them as one of 10 “major” wind power generators in Wisconsin, said Deborah Irwin, the state Public Service Commission’s renewable energy specialist.
Read the full article here.
