Implementation Projects

Wind Energy Projects

S&K Corporation
Steve Kalscheur
Mount Horeb, WI
Date of award: 11/20/03
Award amount: $10,823

Home-Office Wind Turbine Installation
S&K Corporation has installed three Vestas V-15 wind turbines with the help of this grant. S&K will save about 47,058 kWh per year.
151 Express
Dennis Bender
Dodgeville, WI
Date of award: 5/24/04
Award amount: $39,954

Commercial Wind Turbine Installation
151 Express was awarded this grant to install a Bonus 150 kW wind turbine. The gas station will save about 266,355 kWh per year.

Jevic Enterprises
Jeffrey Weber
Mayville, WI
Date of award: 8/31/04
Award amount: $10,641.75

Commercial Wind Turbine Installation
Jevic Enterprises was awarded this grant to install a 35 kW Vestas V-15 wind turbine to power a homestead. The wind turbine will produce about 83,600 kWh of electricity per year.

Solar Thermal Projects

Solar Mining Company
Clarence Wickham
Green Bay, WI
Dates of award: Two on 4/21/04, one on 5/27/04
Award amount: $19,425, $12,411.75, $11,677

Three Solar Water Heating Installations
Solar Mining Company has been awarded three Implementation Grants to install large-scale solar water heating systems at the Heart of the Valley YMCA in Kimberly, a commercial laundry in Plover, and at James Madison Memorial High School, Madison, for their pool system. Combined, these systems save about 21,599 therms per year.

Biomass Projects

Dane County Department of Public Works
Mike DiMaggio
Madison, WI
Date of award: 4/21/04
Award amount: $35,000

Commercial Bioenergy Expansion
The Dane County Department of Public Works has been awarded this grant to expand their existing bioenergy system. The expansion alone will provide a savings of 13,315,200 kWh (1600 kW) per year.

Granite Valley Forest Products, Inc.
Russell Wendorf
Marathon, WI
Date of award: 8/10/04
Award amount: $42,000

Industrial Bioenergy Installation
Granite Valley Forest Products has been awarded this grant to install a wood boiler to replace their natural gas use. Granite Valley Forest Products will save about 276,000 therms per year.

AMSCO
Daniel Miller
Rice Lake, WI
Date of award: 10/10/03
Award amount: $8,500

Commercial Bioenergy Installation
AMSCO has been awarded this grant to eliminate pallet waste by installing a bioenergy system. AMSCO will save about 21,120 therms per year.

Frontier Builders
Daniel Wait
Land O' Lakes, WI
Date of award: 11/20/03
Award amount: $4,000

Commercial Bioenergy Installation
Frontier Builders has been awarded this grant to install a scrap-wood combustion system. With their new wood burner, Frontier will save about 6250 therms per year.

Fleischman's Wood Products
Rodney Fleischman
Antigo, WI
Date of award: 4/1/2004
Award amount: $9,586

Industrial Bioenergy Installation
Fleischman's Wood Products has been awarded this grant to install a wood burning system to replace some of their natural gas usage. Fleischman's will save about 9450 therms per year.

Barron Area School District
Monti Hallberg
Barron, WI
Date of award: 8/2/2004
Award amount: $15,000

Commercial Bioenergy Installation
The Barron Area School District has been awarded an Implementation Grant to install a wood boiler. The system will replace about 75,000 therms of natural gas usage per year.

Barron County
Glen Anderson
Almena, WI
Date of award: 1/27/04
Award amount: $31,357

Commercial Bioenergy Installation
Barron County has been awarded this grant to expand their waste heat boiler system. They will save about 62,000 therms per year.

Superior Kilns
Keith Daggett
Mellen, WI
Date of award: 4/26/04
Award amount: $35,000

Industrial Bioenergy Installation
Superior Kilns has been awarded this grant to install a new wood boiler system and save approximately 273,612 therms every year.

Mid-State Pallet & Skid Manufacturing, Inc.
Greg Smith
Merrill, WI
Date of award: 2/18/2004
Award amount: $6,400

Industrial Bioenergy Installation
Mid-State Pallet & Skid Manufacturing has been awarded an Implementation Grant to install a pallet burner to replace some of their LP usage. Mid-State will save about 8,200 therms per year.

James Bruener Timber
David Bruener
Port Edwards, WI
Date of award: 2/11/04
Award amount: $7,626

Industrial Bioenergy Installation
James Bruener Timber has been awarded this grant to install a central boiler pallet burner and save approximately 15,800 therms of natural gas every year.

Biogas Projects

City of Janesville Wastewater Utility
Dan Lynch
Janesville, WI
Date of award: 3/16/04
Award amount: $14,514

Industrial Bioenergy Expansion
The City of Janesville Wastewater Utility has been awarded this grant to expand their existing bioenergy system. This project intends to optimize the anaerobic digestion process, which will increase the amount of renewable energy generated at the wastewater treatment facility. Award based on extra generation the expansion would create, which is about 290,000 kWh per year. No thermal award.

Double S Dairy
Dan Smits
Markesan, WI
Date of award: 2/26/04
Award amount: $54,000

Agricultural Bioenergy Expansion
Double S Dairy has been awarded this grant to increase their generator capacity and conduct a general expansion of the agricultural bioenergy facility. Double S Dairy will save about 967,104 kWh and 49,780 therms per year.

Vir-Clar Farms
Gary Boyke
Fond du Lac, WI
Date of award: 8/10/2004
Award amount: $45,000

Agricultural Bioenergy Installation
Vir-Clar Farms was awarded this grant to install an anaerobic digester. Vir-Clar Farms will save about 2,500,000 kWh per year.

Holsum Dairy
Kenneth Buelow
Hilbert, WI
Date of award: 2/23/2004
Award amount: $35,000

Agricultural Bioenergy Expansion
Holsum Dairy has been awarded this grant to increase their generator capacity and conduct a general expansion of the agricultural bioenergy facility. Holsum Dairy will save about 1,611,840 kWh per year.