Despite the growing use of renewable energy and natural gas, new data show Wisconsin utilities burned more coal in 2017, leading to an increase in greenhouse gas emissions.
But environmental advocates are more concerned about the long-term effects of investments in gas-fired generation.
Coal-fired generation, which accounted for 55 percent of all electricity produced in Wisconsin, was up about 7.5 percent from the previous year, according to numbers released last week by the federal Energy Information Administration...
Ken Notes: We continue to make large investments is solar and wind so this will change with time. Gas will continue to be a difficult topic because it can provide the peaking and balancing capacity we need on the grid to support wind and solar, but on a large scale it can slow growth in these areas by providing an inexpensive replacement or retrofit of coal facilities. I`ll include a national article from today on the subject.
We need to continue to work with the power companies, business and legislature to create a balanced and sustainable system. We are moving in the right direction despite some pressure to move in other directions. Do not point fingers SHAKE HANDS...
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