Groups deliver petitions pushing solar power for Foxconn campus


Groups deliver petitions pushing solar power for Foxconn campus


MOUNT PLEASANT — On Tuesday, representatives from Greening Greater Racine, the Sierra Club and the Clean Power Coalition of Southeast Wisconsin delivered 621 petition signatures to We Energies, in favor of a massive solar array at the Foxconn campus in Mount Pleasant.

“Foxconn recently announced it would open a Smart Cities Innovation Center in Downtown Racine. It is inconceivable that a Smart City would be powered by fossil fuels, particularly coal,” said Tom Rutkowski, chairman of the Sierra Club Southeast Gateway Group. “Clearly, the cities of the future will be powered by renewable energy....

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Ken Notes: Here is an alternative idea. Why not work with WE and ask that they substantially increase their renewable product somewhere on the grid to more than offset the needs of Foxconn, in addition we could ask for a reduction in coal production to offset the emissions from the new Foxconn plant. We can also clear the regulatory paths for decommissioning or converting plants and help find land for new facilities. I`ll bet we could get them on board... Just a thought...

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