Wisconsin’s Largest Renewable Energy Project in the Works
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We Energies and Wisconsin Public Service are proposing to purchase the Koshkonong Solar Energy Center, a planned 465-megawatt (MW) solar and battery storage project in south-central Wisconsin. If approved, the project would be the largest renewable energy project in the state.
The Koshkonong Solar Energy Center would feature 300 MW of solar generation and 165 MW of battery storage, which can store solar-generated power and provide customers with “sunshine after sunset.” The project is planned to be built in Dane County, Wisconsin, southeast of Madison. The total investment is expected to be $649 million.
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MILWAUKEE, April 30, 2021 /PRNewswire/ We Energies and Wisconsin Public Service, the largest utilities in WEC Energy Group (NYSE: WEC), are proposing to purchase the Koshkonong Solar Energy Center, a planned 465-megawatt (MW) solar and battery storage project in south-central Wisconsin. If approved, the project would be the largest renewable energy project in the state.
The Koshkonong Solar Energy Center would feature 300 MW of solar generation and 165 MW of battery storage, which can store solar-generated power and provide customers with sunshine after sunset. The project is planned to be built in Dane County, Wisconsin, southeast of Madison. The total investment is expected to be $649 million.
We Energies pitches solar energy project near Madison
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MILWAUKEE - We Energies and Wisconsin Public Service are proposing to purchase a solar energy center in Wisconsin, they announced April 30. If approved, the project would be the largest renewable energy project in the state.
The Koshkonong Solar Energy Center would feature 300 megawatts of solar generation and 165 megawatts of battery storage, which can store solar-generated power and provide customers with sunshine after sunset.
The project is planned to be built in Dane County, southeast of Madison. The total investment is expected to be $649 million.
This is the third large-scale solar and battery project announced in 2021 by We Energies and WPS. Earlier this year, the companies announced plans for the 325-megawatt Darien Solar Energy Center and 310-megawatt Paris Solar-Battery Park.