With major advances in the transition to creating safe, clean renewable energy generation, Alliant Energy has announced plans to add 175 megawatts of battery storage in Wisconsin.
The Bear Creek Solar Project is the first of 12 utility-scale solar sites Alliant Energy is developing as part of its Clean Energy Blueprint, which includes projects in Iowa and Wisconsin.
The Yahara Solar Project will be Dane County’s largest renewable energy project, coming in nearly twice as big as the 9 megawatt solar installation now at the Dane County Regional Airport.
Construction is poised to move forward on six solar projects totaling 414 megawatts after state regulators gave final approval to Alliant Energy’s second phase of solar development plans.
Wisconsin regulators approved Alliant Energy's plan on Thursday to spend about $620 million to develop six new solar farms and close two coal plants in the second phase of a plan to spend $1.5 billion on renewable energy.
Alliant Energy has announced plans to buy and add onto an existing solar farm project at Palo to make it Iowa's largest solar and battery-storage farm.
Republican lawmakers are circulating a bill to expand community-funded solar projects in Wisconsin, over the objections of utilities and construction unions.
Regulators approved plans on Thursday for the construction of a nearly $200 million, 150-megawatt solar farm in Sheboygan County, a project set for eventual purchase by Alliant Energy.