Energy & Environment
Explore clean energy, utilities, and environmental news impacting Milwaukee and Wisconsin’s business community.
Gearbox Express opens in Mukwonago
Gearbox Express, a wind energy start-up, has opened a 43,000-square-foot facility in Mukwonago. Gearbox hopes to eventually hire 100 employees.
ABB begins U.S. car charger production
The ABB Group in New Berlin has started manufacturing a product, the Terra 51, that can fully recharge electric cars in as little as 15 minutes.
WMC nominates companies for Friend of Environment Awards
Twenty-five Wisconsin companies have been nominated for the 2012 Business Friend of the Environment Awards, honoring leadership in pollution prevention, environmental innovation and stewardship.
Briggs & Stratton develops fuel additive
Milwaukee-based Briggs & Stratton Corp. announced it has developed a potent new fuel preservative to fend off the potentially damaging effects of ethanol-blended fuels while keeping fuel fresh for up to three years.
Gas prices surge to new record
The average price of a gallon of regular gasoline in the Milwaukee-Waukesha market rose to a new all-time high of $4.208 today, surpassing the previous high that was set in July 2008, according to the AAA Daily Fuel Gauge Report.
Power at the port
Construction was completed recently for the City of Milwaukee's wind turbine, located next to the Port of Milwaukee's administration...
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Cream City Grecycling turns cooking grease into fuel
Used cooking oil containers at restaurants are often treated like trash bins, but a Milwaukee company has seen the value in the congealed fat.
Greenwood converts industrial waste to energy source
For the past five months, Brady Corp. has been sending its industrial waste to be recycled into renewable fuel pellets.
The Milwaukee company, which manufactures high-performance labels, signs, safety devices and printing systems, cannot recycle its adhesive coated waste product in the traditional way.
The Milwaukee company, which manufactures high-performance labels, signs, safety devices and printing systems, cannot recycle its adhesive coated waste product in the traditional way.
$4
Oil industry analysts predict the price for a gallon of regular unleaded gasoline will surpass the $4 mark by...
Oak Creek remediation firm seeks big break
Mohsen Amiran, a scientist with an expertise in organic chemistry and the founder of Oak Creek-based Amiran Technologies LLC, says he has developed cutting-edge processes to remove contamination from polluted materials.
