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- Data center naysayers should consider what the future would have brought to Port Washington
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The owner of a now-shuttered nuclear power plant near Kewaunee announced it was seeking a license that could let it reopen the plant.
The Biden administration’s climate adviser told a “sustainability conference” this week that the president wants to reactivate decommissioned nuclear power plants.
A federal report this month is touting two Wisconsin nuclear power plant sites — one operating, one shut down — as attractive locations for installing new nuclear electric generating plants.
One of the following two things happened this month. Guess which one didn’t:
New nuclear measure in Wisconsin includes shifts in state’s priorities in law for ‘only way we keep lights on.’
Predictions of rising Wisconsin power demand are driven by plans for data centers, the electricity-gulping organs of the online economy.
Supporting new nuclear power in Wisconsin by supporting SJR7 / AJR6 will give energy developers an encouraging clarity.
Rep. David Steffen and Sen. Julian Bradley are circulating a joint resolution supporting expansion of nuclear energy production in Wisconsin.
Port Washington’s announcement of another billion-dollar data center project in southeastern Wisconsin is focusing attention on the challenge of meeting the voracious energy needs of this new economic opportunity.
Small nuclear modular reactors are a big deal for Wisconsin, given our developing AI economy and Gov. Evers’ Clean Energy Plan.
America’s energy grids are strained, and Michigan is reconsidering nuclear’s role in meeting consumer demand. Wisconsin, too, should take note.
In the summer of 1997, Wisconsin’s electrical generation system was in trouble. Two of the state’s nuclear generating plants were…
Wisconsin’s one nuclear power plant consistently puts out more than 90% of the maximum amount of power it’s rated for. The capacity factor for combined cycle natural gas plants was 63.2%, and for coal, 47.6%
Our vow for the year ahead is to remind the legislators who love government that they are there to serve a greater good and their hard-working neighbors — not themselves.
Data centers chug electricity like undergrads drink beer, and the advent of artificial intelligence — which uses, we’re told, about 10 times the electricity as conventional searches — makes power demand soar.
Energy Featured Analysis The cost of outlawing fossil fuel heat in Wisconsin Badger Institute statement of guiding principles on energy…
Economy & Infrastructure Toward a stronger and more economically viable state for Wisconsin businesses and families Featured Research Wisconsin’s Economy:…
More of Wisconsin’s electricity now comes from solar panels than from wind turbines, but both produce a small amount compared to natural gas.
The Vantage Data Center in Port Washington is on its way to becoming the largest single energy user in state history — an indication of the immense power needs of the five data centers in the works in Wisconsin.
Wisconsin imports over 10 million megawatt-hours (MWh) of energy per year from out-of-state sources, figures from the U.S. Energy Information Administration show, or nearly 15% of the electricity Wisconsinites use.

