Solar lighting. MGE and the University of Wisconsin-Madison worked closely with the community to plan the West Campus Cogeneration Facility.
This natural gas-fired plant provides electricity to MGE customers and heating/cooling to the campus. MGE and UW-Madison joined with others and made commitments to improve our local environment. Now, we are completing our final commitment with solar lighting along a new campus bike path. This $220,000 photovoltaic technology project draws attention to renewable energy while providing safe lighting at night. The bike path opens in 2008.
Bob Stoffs (left), an MGE community services manager, and Rob Kennedy, a UW- Madison transportation supervisor, check a solar panel during bike path construction.
MGE asked community
members to serve on an advisory committee to help shape
our Environmental Cooperative Agreement with the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources. We recently renewed the voluntary five-year agreement that commits us to superior environmental performance at Blount Generating Station.
Several Community Environmental Advisory Group members meet at MGE including (left to right) John Shenot, DNR environmental assistance coordinator; Rich Bogovich, a local environmentalist; Michael Ricciardi, MGE’s environmental director; and Judy Olson, former Madison alderperson.
Jesse Shields (right), an MGE marketing representative, helps Anthony Washington cook a hot dog in a solar oven. Children at the Boys and Girls Club of Dane County constructed solar ovens to learn more about clean, renewable energy sources.