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Madison Gas and Electric | May 03, 2021

Madison Gas and Electric (MGE), in partnership with We Energies and Wisconsin Public Service (WPS), auxiliaries of WEC Energy Group, is looking for an endorsement from the Public Service Commission of Wisconsin (PSCW) to buy the Koshkonong Solar Energy Center. Whenever endorsed, MGE will claim 30 megawatts (MW) of solar energy and 16.5 MW of battery storage from the office situated in the Towns of Christiana and Deerfield in Dane County. "We are changing our framework for the...

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Palmetto | January 12, 2023

On January 11, 2023, Palmetto, the leading clean energy technology company, announced the strong results of its new Clean Energy Operating Platform, which is transforming the end-to-end consumer solar journey, allowing sales partners to achieve their growth potential, creating operational efficiencies, and most importantly, providing the best industry customer experience (CX) with a 70 or higher Net Promoter Score. The redesigned Palmetto platform, released in 2022, has proven t...

Environmental Leader | February 27, 2020

Two big players in the renewable energy space are calling it quits. Panasonic and Tesla ended their solar cell manufacturing partnership at Gigafactory 2 in Buffalo, New York, this week. The companies initially formed a joint venture in 2016, agreeing that Panasonic would help pay for part of the solar production equipment at Tesla’s facility in Buffalo, Nikkei Asian Review reported. Gigafactory 2 started manufacturing solar panel components the following year. “Called the Solar Roof, the Tesla ...

Amazon | January 23, 2020

Eleven major companies joined the newly-formed Corporate Electric Vehicle Alliance, led by Ceres, an organization that advocates for business sustainability, according to a press release issued Wednesday. The firms are Amazon, AT&T, Clif Bar, Consumers Energy, DHL, Direct Energy, Genentech, Ikea North America, LeasePlan, Lime, and Siemens. The alliance's goal is to combat climate change by hastening a multi-industry transition to electric vehicles (EVs). It hopes to achieve this by helping firms...