Energy & Environment
Fracking makes major impact on U.S. energy supplies
Horizontal directional drilling and hydraulic fracturing (or “fracking”) will continue to result in larger domestic energy supplies in the U.S. and lower prices for consumers this year, according to energy industry experts, including Lawrence T. Borgard, the president and chief operating officer of Integrys Energy Group.
Knueppel joins Wisconsin Energy board
Henry Knueppel, retired chairman and chief executive officer of Regal Beloit Corp., has been elected to the board of directors of Wisconsin Energy Corp., the Milwaukee-based parent company of We Energies.
We need leadership that puts the country first
Editor’s note: U.S. Chamber of Commerce president and CEO Tom Donohue delivered his annual State of American Business address on Friday, outlining the key challenges and opportunities facing the country and the business community. Donohue identified the top priorities for the U.S. Chamber to build a stronger, more prosperous economy for all Americans in 2013. The following are Donohue’s prepared remarks.
Prepare for the next Sandy
The fallout from Hurricane Sandy will be with us for years, and it will extend far beyond the devastation in New York City, New Jersey and other parts of the East Coast.
Madison utility acquires Beloit power plant
Wisconsin Power and Light Company (WPL), a subsidiary of Madison-based Alliant Energy Corp., has closed on the purchase of Riverside Energy Center LLC, which owned the Riverside Energy Center.
Some business trends worth tracking in 2013
So long, 2012, a year in which the economy took two steps forward for every one step back, and welcome to 2013, a nestling born on the edge of a cliff. Here are some trends worth following.
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Venture capital fund should be public/private partnership
If there is a silver lining to the Obama administration’s economic policies (and that’s a BIG IF) it’s that we are learning a very important lesson. When our government picks winners and losers, taxpayers lose.
New wind turbines power S.C. Johnson plant
S.C. Johnson & Son Inc. on Tuesday fired up two new wind turbines, which are providing the electricity needed to power its Waxdale manufacturing plant in Mount Pleasant.
Milwaukee Biz Blog: United States has promising energy outlook
In mid-November, the International Energy Agency forecasted that “extraordinary growth in oil and natural gas output in the United States will mean that…the United States becomes a net exporter of natural gas by 2020 and is almost self-sufficient in energy, in net terms, by 2035.”
United States has promising energy outlook
In mid-November, the International Energy Agency forecasted that “extraordinary growth in oil and natural gas output in the United States will mean that…the United States becomes a net exporter of natural gas by 2020 and is almost self-sufficient in energy, in net terms, by 2035.”
