Energy & Environment

A request to build a convenience store on Riverside Drive moved forward Tuesday over neighbors’ and some village trustees’ concerns about it.

Alliant Energy's Iowa utility has finalized the sale of its Minnesota electric distribution system -- the lines that carry electricity to customers' homes and businesses.

Menomonee Falls-based ZBB Energy Corp. is changing its name to EnSync Inc., the company announced today. Additionally, the developer of energy management systems solutions announced the approval of a transaction with Solar Power Inc. that could potentially lead to majority ownership for the China-based company.

Milwaukee Riverkeeper on Friday filed suit against the Milwaukee County Board for an alleged violation of Wisconsin open meetings law related to a discussion of the Estabrook Dam.

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The Mid-West Energy Research Consortium has announced the first class of 10 companies that will take part in its WERCBench Labs program.

Chicago-based MillerCoors LLC announced that its Milwaukee brewery and corporate offices are now landfill-free. The brewer eliminated 65 tons of waste that was previously sent to landfills each month from its brewery and corporate offices, logging its first landfill-free month at the brewery in December 2014.

Mequon-based garden maintenance services provider First Choice Tree Care has acquired Milwaukee-based Trees Are For Us. The purchase price was not disclosed.

Milwaukee-based ZBB Energy Corp. reported a fiscal third quarter net loss of $3.5 million, or 9 cents per share, compared with net income of $8,930, or 0 cents per share, in the third quarter of 2014.

The Alliance for Solar Choice (TASC) and RENEW Wisconsin took the next steps in appealing the Wisconsin Public Service Commission's December decision to allow a fee on homes and businesses that invest in solar energy in We Energies' territory.