WEC Energy Group and Madison Gas & Electric (MGE) filed with the PSC to purchase the Paris Solar-Battery Park for roughly $400 million. The 310 MW solar plus storage project includes a 200 MW PV farm, which would generate enough electricity to power approximately 60,000 homes, and a …
Energy Projects
Renewable Natural Gas Facility to be Built in Outagamie County
Outagamie County is contracting with Atlanta-based Mas Energy to construct and manage a $25 million renewable natural gas (RNG) plant at the Little Chute landfill. The plant will collect methane from the landfill and convert it into compressed natural gas that will go …
MGE To Build 8 MW Solar Farm for City of Madison & School District
The City of Madison and Madison Metropolitan School District are contracting with MGE to purchase all the electricity from an 8 MW, $15.3 million solar farm on 53 acres under MGE’s Renewable Energy Rider. This ensures …
Dane County Completed Largest Single Customer Owned Solar Array in Wisconsin
Dane County and Madison Gas & Electric (MGE) just completed the largest solar PV system in Wisconsin owned by a single customer. The 9 MW solar field is located on 58 acres of Dane County …
Harley-Davidson Hosts Largest Rooftop Solar Array in Wisconsin
We Energies installed a 2.25 MW solar system on the roof of Harley-Davidson’s Powertrain Operations facility in Menominee Falls that went on line in November. This largest single solar rooftop system in Wisconsin, rather than providing …
Wisconsin’s First Utility-Scale Solar Farm is Producing
Two Creeks Solar, Wisconsin’s first large-scale solar farm at 150 MW, started powering approximately 33,000 customers in November. Located on 1,300 acres in Manitowoc County, the solar farm is owned by Madison Gas and Electric …
Alliant Energy launches community solar program with 1-megawatt Fond du Lac project
Article originally published by WSJ. Customers of Wisconsin’s second-largest utility can now invest in solar energy without having to install any panels. Alliant Energy announced [Tuesday] December 8th it is offering shares in its first community …
DTE Energy Adds Three New Dairy-Based Renewable Gas Facilities in Wisconsin
Article originally published on Progressive Dairy. DTE Biomass Energy, a subsidiary of DTE Energy, in collaboration with local dairy farmers, recently commissioned three additional dairy-based renewable natural gas (RNG) facilities in Wisconsin. Joining DTE’s four …
Alliant Energy announces six new solar projects in Wisconsin
Article originally published by Alliant Energy. Alliant Energy (NASDAQ: LNT) announces plans [May 26, 2020] to acquire and advance 675 megawatts (MW) of solar in mostly rural areas in six Wisconsin counties: Grant, Jefferson, Richland, …
150 MW Solar Farm Proposed in Sheboygan County
The Town of Holland in Sheboygan County might become the site for a 150MW solar farm. The project called Onion River Solar, would occupy 1,000 – 1,200 acres and be built, subject to PSC approval, in …