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Generating Facilities
The We Energies electric generating system includes 24 generating faclilities with a
capacity of about 6,100 megawatts, located throughout Wisconsin
and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.
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| Valley Power Plant |
Milwaukee County Power Plant |
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Natural Gas Natural gas, oil and coal account for about 88 percent of U.S. energy consumption. |
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Renewable Energy We generate or purchase more than 140 megawatts of our electricity supply from the renewable energy sources of biomass, hydroelectric, solar and wind. Our 2006 renewable energy power supply mix included 53 percent wind, 4 percent water, 42 percent biomass and about 1 percent solar, making renewable energy 2 percent of our overall supply mix. |
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| Wind Turbines |
Kingsford Hydroelectric Plant |
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Solar We Energies donated a 10-kilowatt photovoltaic solar power system to the Schlitz Audubon Nature Center, which supplies 10 to 20 percent of the building’s electricity. |
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| Schlitz Audubon Nature Center | Installation of Photovoltaic System | |||||
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Generation and Delivery |
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Electrical and Natural Gas Equipment |
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