Energy secretary Chu to visit Wisconsin

CREATED Jul. 12, 2012

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MADISON - U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu plans to tour a wind turbine manufacturer in Milwaukee and a biomass research center on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus on Thursday.

 
The Department of Energy says in a release that Chu plans to join Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett to tour Ingeteam's expanded manufacturing facility. Chu plans to talk about extended clean energy tax credits.
 
Ingeteam received nearly $1.7 million in tax credits to build the new $21 million wind turbine manufacturing facility.
 
Chu also plans to visit the Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center in Madison, which is doing work to develop biofuels as alternatives to foreign oil.