Renewable Energy: Policy, Technology and Sustainability

Catalog description

Focuses on the legal policy, technical framework and sustainability for electrical energy project development in Wisconsin. Legal policy topics include corporate structuring, financing, taxation, permitting and strategies to support and oppose such projects. Describes a general overview of technical considerations for emerging renewable technologies in Wisconsin, such as biomass, waste to energy, geothermal, solar and wind projects. Introduces sustainable development aspects of renewable energy projects to identify impacts to the triple bottom line (social, environmental and financial). Fosters a collaborative approach in a multidisciplinary setting to developing renewable energy projects, consistent with legal and technical partnerships that occur in practice.