Focus on Wind Energy, ECOS-FV Meeting, Aug. 7

Wisconsin’s leaders have passed a Renewable Energy Standard goal calling for 10 percent of the state’s electricity to come from renewable sources by the year 2015.

Dave Muench, Community Outreach Specialist of EcoEnergy Wind, will speak at the Aug. 7 meeting of ECOS Fox Valley, 6:30 -7:30 pm at the Menasha Library, lower level meeting room.

Muench will speak about wind energy in general and also will highlight the WPPI-Kaukauna Utilities wind energy facility that EcoEnergy is developing. The Kaukauna project will have up to 5 turbines and will generate 7.5 megawatts of clean, green power, enough electricity to power more than 2,000 homes each year. The ECOS meeting begins at 6:00 pm with Muench speaking at 6:30 pm.

The meetings are always open to the public at no cost.

“EcoEnergy is currently developing wind projects totaling more than 2800 megawatts (MW),” said EcoEnergy President Shawn Gaffney. “We are in this business because we believe that wind energy is an environmentally sound and good economic answer to meet our country’s growing energy needs, now and in the future.” EcoEnergy has wind energy projects in Illinois, Wisconsin, Iowa, Minnesota, Michigan and Arizona.

Call 722-6438 for questions about the August 7 meeting. ECOS-Fox Valley is a coalition of non-profit organizations, businesses, governments and citizens that plans with and advocates for the Fox Valley region, for a future that is locally self-reliant and that sustains the regional and global environment.