Energy & Environment

Menomonee Falls-based ZBB Energy Corp. today announced it plans to raise $14.8 million through a public offering of 11.5 million shares of its common stock.

Milwaukee Shines has announced an expansion of its group solar power purchasing program into the Washington Heights and Layton Boulevard West neighborhoods.

Menomonee Falls-based ZBB Energy Corp.’s Chinese joint venture has received a new $3.24 million cash investment.

Milwaukee-based Telkonet Inc. today reported second quarter net income of $219,085, or 0 cents per share, compared to a net loss of $621,510 in the second quarter of 2013.

Jeff Anthony will lead the Energy Innovation Center as both director and a member of the Mid-West Energy Research Consortium’s business development division, M-WERC announced on Tuesday.

Jeff Anthony will lead the Energy Innovation Center as both director and a member of the Mid-West Energy Research Consortium’s business development division, M-WERC announced on Tuesday.

Following the successful development of the Global Water Center, home to innovation driven by Milwaukee's water cluster, the city is gaining a similar center focused on advancements in the energy, power and control industry.

On June 2, President Obama announced his Clean Power Plan for Electrical Generation Utilities. In the plan, EPA proposes to provide states with regulatory flexibility to meet a proposed national goal of a 30% reduction of CO2 emissions from electrical generation utilities by 2030. Given the recent announcement of the Administration's energy program for carbon reductions, it is a good time to discuss energy policy.

Dallas-based Trinity Industries Inc. announced it has entered into an agreement to acquire the assets of Meyer Steel Structures, which operates an ABB Inc. plant in New Berlin.

Spanish wind and solar product manufacturer Ingeteam Inc. hasn't created jobs in Milwaukee at the pace it expected, which is due in part to slow growth in the renewable markets it targeted.