We Energies Embraces Solar Power


We Energies Embraces Solar Power


State moving away from coal -- but still has a long ways to go.

For decades, We Energies has been a coal colossus. As recently as 2005, about 70 percent of its power came from burning coal and even today 51 percent of its power is coal generated, the company estimates. That meant more pollution for this metro area, which for many years fell hardest on minority residents, one study found.

That situation improved after the company’s Menomonee Valley plant switched to natural gas, but coal was still in heavy use and polluting the state. The company’s plant in Pleasant Prairie uses “an average of 13,000 tons of coal a day, shipped in train cars from Wyoming’s Powder River Basin,” to supply the electric needs of up to one million homes, as Lee Bergquist of the Journal Sentinel has reported...

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Ken Notes: As wind and solar become more cost effective it is imperative that the large companies get on board and utilize the infrastructure they have in place.

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