Wisconsin’s resource for energy efficiency and renewable energy is celebrating a milestone.
Focus on Energy said it has helped finance solar-electric generation projects that produce 2.5 megawatts of electricity.
Spokeswoman Kelly Lang said 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 said 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 said it took six years for Focus on Energy projects to reach 1 megawatt of solar-electric generation. She said it’s taken less than two years to finance the next 1.5 megawatts as the renewable energy industry is booming. (AP)
