Energy & Environment

With a recent decision by the Public Service Commission of Wisconsin, the Focus on Energy program is set to end its incentive program for residential solar and small wind energy systems. This will be the second early termination of our collective investment in renewable energy in the past three years.

With a recent decision by the Public Service Commission of Wisconsin, the Focus on Energy program is set to end its incentive program for residential solar and small wind energy systems. This will be the second early termination of our collective investment in renewable energy in the past three years.

Wisconsin Energy today reported net income from continuing operations of $119 million or 52 cents a share for the second quarter of 2013. This compares with net income from continuing operations of $119.3 million or 51 cents a share for the second quarter of 2012.

This month, President Obama laid out an ambitious environmental agenda in a cornerstone speech of his Presidency. Specifically, President Obama listed a number of new initiatives his administration would champion. The most significant component of the speech is the increased regulations of emissions from existing power plants.

Last month, President Obama fulfilled a key campaign promise made during his second inaugural address to take significant action...

Advanced Disposal, an integrated environmental services company, has completed the acquisition of Sheboygan Waste Materials Co., further expanding the company's eastern Wisconsin footprint.

ZBB Energy Corp., a Menomonee Falls-based developer of intelligent, renewable energy power platforms and hybrid vehicle control systems, announced that president and chief executive officer Eric Apfelbach has been invited for the second consecutive year to serve the Clinton Global Initiative as a member of the Renewable & Distributed Energy Working Group, which met Friday.

ZBB Energy Corp., a Menomonee Falls-based developer of intelligent, renewable energy power platforms and hybrid vehicle control systems, announced that president and chief executive officer Eric Apfelbach has been invited for the second consecutive year to serve the Clinton Global Initiative as a member of the Renewable & Distributed Energy Working Group, which met this morning.

Manitowoc-based Orion Energy Systems Inc. has signed a definitive agreement to acquire all of the issued and outstanding equity interests of Harris Manufacturing Inc. and Harris LED LLC of Green Cove Springs, Fla.