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Engaged Scholarship Summit March 20, 2013

Engaged Scholarship Summit March 20, 2013. Renewable Energy in Southwest Wisconsin. Principal Investigator: Alfonso Morales, PhD Community Partner(s): Southwest Badger Resource Conservation and Development (SWRC&D/SW Badger); Southwest Wisconsin Regional Plan Commission (SWRPC).

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Engaged Scholarship Summit March 20, 2013

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  1. Engaged Scholarship Summit March 20, 2013 Renewable Energy in Southwest Wisconsin Principal Investigator: Alfonso Morales, PhD Community Partner(s): Southwest Badger Resource Conservation and Development (SWRC&D/SW Badger); Southwest Wisconsin Regional Plan Commission (SWRPC) School/College: URPL belongs to both the College of Letters and Sciences; College of Agriculture and Life Science Department: Urban and Regional Planning (URPL) • RE Readiness in: Darlington, Argyle & • Blanchardville, in • Lafayette County • Social • Residential solar • Public/private local interest • Bioenergy • Dairy farms • Corn stove • Sewage treatment plant • Wind energy • Military Ridge Participants: In 2011 and 2012 graduate students of URPL 912 – Workshop conducted economic and social analysis for renewable energy in Southwest WI. Their clients were SWWRC&D and SWRPC. The question: What is the potential for renewable energy in SW WI Wisconsin? The UW-Madison Urban and Regional Planning (URPL) Workshop class provides clients planning expertise every Fall semester. The 2012 Workshop analyzed the existing economic opportunities for Renewable Energy projects in five southwest Wisconsin counties. The five counties included Grant, Green, Iowa, Lafayette, and Richland. The 2012 Workshop concluded the following: - there is a net surplus of renewable energy potential in the region; - economic and job forecast models indicate that renewable energy projects have the potential to create jobs in various industries; and - the majority of economic benefits for these projects are experienced through the project construction phase. However, renewable energy has a variety of non economic benefits related to regulatory compliance and sustainability. These benefits are more difficult to quantify, but align with community needs and the values of many in these communities. Project History: The clients, SW Badger and SWWRPC, approached URPL in November 2010 seeking support for renewable energy planning in their nine and five county regions in Southwest WI. Outcome from 2011: Phase one of this project, conducted by the 2011 Workshop class, determined that solar, wind, and biological energy have the potential to become an important part of the energy and economic infrastructure of Southwest Wisconsin. The 2011 Workshop identified communities in the region most ready to implement large-scale renewable energy projects in the future (that work represented in the graphic on the right). Biodigestion at Gunderson Lutheran Hospital in La Crosse

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