Energy & Environment

Jeff Anthony will lead the Energy Innovation Center as both director and a member of the Mid-West Energy Research Consortium’s business development division, M-WERC announced on Tuesday.

Following the successful development of the Global Water Center, home to innovation driven by Milwaukee's water cluster, the city is gaining a similar center focused on advancements in the energy, power and control industry.

On June 2, President Obama announced his Clean Power Plan for Electrical Generation Utilities. In the plan, EPA proposes to provide states with regulatory flexibility to meet a proposed national goal of a 30% reduction of CO2 emissions from electrical generation utilities by 2030. Given the recent announcement of the Administration's energy program for carbon reductions, it is a good time to discuss energy policy.

Dallas-based Trinity Industries Inc. announced it has entered into an agreement to acquire the assets of Meyer Steel Structures, which operates an ABB Inc. plant in New Berlin.

Spanish wind and solar product manufacturer Ingeteam Inc. hasn't created jobs in Milwaukee at the pace it expected, which is due in part to slow growth in the renewable markets it targeted.

Milwaukee-based Harley-Davidson Motor Co. has introduced its first electric motorcycle, Project LiveWire.

Ingeteam Inc. is seeking five more years to create the 275 jobs it promised in return for a loan from the City of Milwaukee.

EVO CNG and joint venture partner Trillium CNG have opened a new compressed natural gas fueling station at 7155 S. First St. in oak Creek. It is the largest CNG station in the state.

NM Neptune LLC, an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Milwaukee-based Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Co. Inc., has acquired Starwood Energy's 25-percent Class C stake in the Neptune Regional Transmission System.

Chicago-based MillerCoors LLC, which brews much of its beer in Milwaukee, reported it reduced water usage by 9.1 percent per barrel in 2013.