Former Wisconsin Governor Tommy Thompson is one of three partners in a proposed ethanol plant for the Walworth County village of Sharon. An estimated 55 new full-time jobs would be created by the construction of the proposed plant, which would produce between 105 and 120...
Madison, Wis. - CleanTech Partners will receive $1.5 million from the U.S. Department of Energy for a project that will attempt to produce cellulosic ethanol at paper mills by extracting the sugars from wood chips before they are pulped for paper making. Masood Akhtar, president of...
The days when executives scatter at the mention of the word sustainability may be a thing of the past, writes Inside Wisconsin columnist Tom Still. A forthcoming conference at UW-Madison will explore why economic growth and environmental protection are no longer viewed as competing concepts....
A joint U.S. Department of Agriculture and Department of Energy grant will enable Madison's Virent Energy Systems to partner with an Arkansas firm to increase production of a renewable chemical. Virent's goal is to provide a profitable market for glycerol, a co-product of the biodiesel...
Wisconsin has many economic assets, but it still may not be able to compete with the more nimble and more moneyed east and west coasts. In this latest installment of WTN's Visions Series, Baird CEO Paul Purcell recommends nixing intra- and inter-state rivalries as he...
Tommy Thompson, two days after launching a presidential bid, is positioning himself as the "idea candidate" of the 2008 presidential race. At the recent Wisconsin Biotechnology and Medical Device Association annual conference, he outlined a few suggestions to speed the pace of electronic health record...
Two start-up companies with unique products have been recognized in a 20-year-old business contest sponsored by the Eau Claire Area Economic Development Corp. STAGES, LLC, a web-based business that serves the real estate industry, and KingBuilt.com, which markets its heating products to manufacturers, walked away...
An ethanol glue factory? The leftover residue from the ethanol production process may be more than just a by-product from which more ethanol can be produced, it might be used to produce a value-added product - glue - more affordably. If University of Wisconsin associated...
Governor Jim Doyle proposed a joint public-private initiative that would allocate $80 million in state funds and leverage an additional $370 million in private investment for the development of renewable energy programs in Wisconsin. The initiative includes the nation's first cellulosic ethanol plant, and a...
Wisconsin Rapids is set to benefit from a proposed ethanol production plant slated for completion in Spring 2008. The plant, which could bring 50 new jobs to the city, would be operated by Third Coast Biofuels, LLC....