Education Events
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.
Uncertain Global Terrestrial Carbon Cycles Complicate the Predictability of Global Energy Transition Pathways
Join us on November 23 at 3:30 p.m. for this Sustainable Energy Seminar presentation by Min Chen, Assistant Professor of Forest and Wildlife Ecology at UW-Madison.
FEWscapes Scenarios: Aspirational Pathways for Food, Energy, Water, and Ecosystem Security in the Upper Mississippi River Basin to the Year 2050
Join us on December 7 at 3:30 p.m. for this Sustainable Energy Seminar presentation by Eric Booth and Kelsie Ferin, Scientists in the Department of Plant and Agroecosystem Sciences at UW-Madison.