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Advanced Renewable Tariffs (as a PDF)
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A presentation on the importance of advance renewable energy tariffs to encourage installation of renewable energy systems. Presented by Michael Vickerman to the American Solar Energy Society, San Diego, CA, May 7, 2008.
In a presentation prepared for the 12th Annual National Renewable Energy Marketing Conference, Oct. 21-24, in Philadelphia, RENEW's Executive Director Michael Vickerman reviews the requirements for the State of Wisconsin's purchase of renewable electricity:
+ 10% content by 2007; 20% content by 2011
+ Covers agencies, UW campuses, prisons
+ Can purchase from utilities or generate on-site
+ State’s electric load -- @ 900 million kWh/year
Brett Hulsey's presentations to the Madison Peak Oil Group on solutions to peak oil, February 28, 2006
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Driving Away from an Oil Economy
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A Power Point presentation (in a PDF) by Michael Vickerman at the Green Vehicles Workshop sponsored by the Milwaukee Area Technical College.
Vickerman poses the question, "[C]an we change our current habits and attitudes to transition into a less mobile but more sustainable future relying on renewable energy flows and low-EROEI energy stores?"
A presentation (as a PDF) by RENEW Wisconsin Executive Director Michael Vickerman at the Midwest Renewable Energy Fair in Custer, Wisconsin, June 22, 2008.
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Peak Oil: Are We Headed Over the Energy Cliff?
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A Power Point presentation prepared by Michael Vickerman, RENEW Wisconsin's executive director, from two presentations at the first ever ASPO-USA conference held in Denver, November 2005, and slides that he's been using since 2002.
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Solar hot water: The search for persuasive yet truthful marketing messages
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A PowerPoint presentation (as a PDF) by Michael Vickerman at the Wisconsin Solar Hot Water Conference, December 13, 2007.
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Stirrings in the Land of What-Me-Worry?
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In Fossil Fuel Watch: Stirrings in the Land of What-Me-Worry?, Michael Vickerman, RENEW Wisconsin's executive director, analyzes "America's collective subconsciousness" on energy conservation and asks:
[when]the availability of natural gas becomes an issue, does it make sense to heat garages, outdoor swimming pools and water parks with it? Would it make sense to power existing gas-fired generators with other fuels? How about running them less frequently as an economy and conservation measure? Has the time come for the state to adopt a moratorium on new gas-fired generation?
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Tiptoeing Through the Minefields
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A presentation by RENEW's executive director Michael Vickerman on the wind permitting process in Wisconsin.
A Power Point presentation in a PDF.
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Wind Permitting - The Final Frontier
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A PowerPoint presentation (in a PDF) on appropriate ordinances and permits for wind turbine projects, given my Michael Vickerman to Wisconsin County Code Administrators, October 31, 2007.
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Windpower in Wisconsin: Ready for Takeoff
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The presentation by Michael Vickerman on March 8, 2007, lays out the benefits of windpower and the efforts to advocate for more wind in Wisconsin.