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Energy Supply Solutions 2

Weyerhaeuser

  • Weyerhaeuser pulp and paper mills supply 70% and wood products facilities supply more than 50% of their own energy needs through biomass fuels.  Weyerhaeuser is also involved in the commercialization of gasification technology that significantly increases the amount of heat and electrical energy obtainable from biomass.

  • Weyerhaeuser employs cogeneration (also known as “combined heat and power” or CHP) in a number of its pulp and paper mills.  Its containerboard mill in Albany, OR, received EPA’s 2005 Energy Star CHP Award in recognition of its accomplishments in reducing energy and carbon emissions.

 

Wisconsin Energy

WEC’s emissions in future years will continue to be influenced by several actions planned or underway as part of its Power the Future plan, including:

  • Repowering the Port Washington Power Plant from coal to natural gas combined cycle units.
  • Adding the Elm Road Generating Station coal-based units as part of the Oak Creek expansion.
  • Increasing investment in energy efficiency and conservation.
  • Maintaining and increasing the company’s non-emitting generation, including renewing Point Beach Nuclear Plant’s operating license, potentially adding generation from over 200 megawatts of wind capacity, and increasing customer participation in the Energy for Tomorrow® renewable energy program.
  • Wisconsin Energy’s target is to have five percent of its Wisconsin retail electric sales come from renewable energy sources by 2011.
  • Wisconsin Energy produces or purchases more than 140 MW of renewable energy capacity from a variety of sources inside and outside of Wisconsin.  Some of it is used for the corporation’s Energy for Tomorrow® residential and commercial renewable energy program, while much of the remainder is used to satisfy the state’s Renewable Portfolio Standard.
  • In 2005, Wisconsin Energy purchased the development rights for two wind farm projects in Wisconsin. The projects are expected to be on-line in 2008 pending regulatory approval.
  • Wisconsin Energy’s Energy for Tomorrow® program gives customers the choice of having 25 percent, 50 percent, or 100 percent of their electricity usage charged at a slightly higher rate to support generation or purchase of energy produced by renewable resources. Energy sold through the program in 2005 came from wind (31 percent), landfill gas (65 percent), and low-impact hydro (4 percent). At the end of 2005, 12,458 residential and commercial customers were enrolled in the program, purchasing 53,378 MWh of electricity.