December 12, 2007—The US Department of Energy (DOE) and the State of Wisconsin just announced a voluntary collaboration to promote greater industrial energy efficiency throughout the state. DOE, Wisconsin, Wisconsin’s Focus on Energy (Focus), and CleanTech Partners will work together to foster increased awareness and use of energy-efficient practices and technologies by industries.
This partnership puts Wisconsin in the spotlight as the first state in the nation to adopt DOE’s Save Energy Now approach; it also marks an important first step for DOE to bring this initiative to all 50 states by leveraging each state’s own capabilities and local partnerships.
By combining Save Energy Now with CTP’s effective technology deployment model and Focus on Energy’s successful industrial program, Wisconsin will support a variety of activities to assist the state’s manufacturing facilities, including conducting 15 Save Energy Now energy assessments in 2007 and 100 similar assessments at Wisconsin facilities over the next three years.
As part of the collaboration, DOE and the Wisconsin partners will share the cost of conducting up to six assessments at dry mill ethanol plants, which are among the fastest-growing users of natural gas in the nation. These pilot assessments are expected to help to benchmark and provide valuable data on energy use that will impact the industry throughout the US.
