Education Events
KidWind Educator Workshop - Custer, WI
The Wisconsin Energy Institute and KEEP - Wisconsin's K12 Energy Education Program are excited to bring the KidWind Educator Workshop to Portage County! Join us at the Midwest Renewable Energy Association's headquarters and learn how to explore the power of wind and solar with your students!
Roadmap for the Next Generation of Biomass-Derived Products: Functional Replacement of Surfactants with Biosurfactants
Join us on October 12 at 3:30 p.m. for this Sustainable Energy Seminar presentation by Efraín Rodriguez-Ocasio, Postdoctoral Fellow in the Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center and Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering at UW-Madison.
Wisconsin Weather Festival
The Wisconsin Weather Festival brings together meteorologists, climatologists, and scientists from across southern Wisconsin to share how we measure, forecast, and warn on the weather of Wisconsin.
Data Centers and the Grid - Forward in Energy Forum
The rapid expansion of data centers could create an unprecedented surge in energy demand, reshaping an electric grid built over the past 150 years. How does the addition of hyperscale data centers affect current grid reliability and future planning? What solutions are being explored to maintain reliability and affordability? Join the Wisconsin Energy Institute on October 27 at 4:30 CT to explore the impacts of data centers on power systems—both real-time operations and long-term build out of resources for the grid.
KidWind Solar Energy Workshop for Educators
In this free workshop you will review energy and electricity basics, design and test solar and battery circuits, explore related KEEP energy education resources, and preview ready-to-use renewable energy curriculum for your classroom.
Energy Conversion Technologies for an Electric Grid Superhighway
Join us on November 9 at 3:30 p.m. for this Sustainable Energy Seminar presentation by Mahima Gupta, Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at UW-Madison.