Improving forests is a way to fight climate change County tree sales in progress
DRIFTLESS - In the Wisconsin Task Force on Climate Change report released in December of 2020, it is estimated that forests in the United States offset approximately 10 to 20 percent of carbon emissions each year.
“Forests are one of the largest sources of negative emissions nationwide, and activities like reforestation and improved forest management hold great potential to increase carbon sequestration,” the report stated. “Carbon sequestration means taking carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere, or preventing it from entering the atmosphere, by holding it in long-term storage.”
“Forests are Wisconsin’s dominant land type, comprising 48 percent of the state’s landscape, or 17 million of the state’s 35 million acres of land. These dynamic living systems are vital to the state, by providing raw materials to the forest and wood products industry, recr
In response to customer demand for increased resiliency, Xcel Energy’s Wisconsin utility is proposing a microgrid pilot program that could include 22 projects.
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Northern States Power’s Resiliency Service Pilot would be capped at 30 MW, with a third of the capacity dedicated to governmental and nonprofit entities, according to a Dec. 9 filing at the Wisconsin Public Service Commission (Docket ID: 4220-TE-106)
“The company believes the pilot will lower upfront costs for participants, and provide a positive customer experience, through customized combinations of resiliency service assets that meet customers’ specific resiliency and reliability needs,” NSP said.
Program fills customer’s resilience needs