Alliant Energy Unveils $900M Solar Investment As Part Of Clean Energy Transition


Alliant Energy Unveils $900M Solar Investment As Part Of Clean Energy Transition


6 Projects Would Produce Two-Thirds Of Alliant`s 1K Megawatt Goal

Madison-based Alliant Energy is announcing a $900 million plan to add 675 megawatts of solar across six counties as part of its goal to add 1,000 megawatts of solar power by the end of 2023. The announcement follows the utility`s decision on Friday to shutter its Edgewater coal plant in Sheboygan. 

The six solar projects in Grant, Jefferson, Richland, Rock, Sheboygan and Wood counties are expected to power 175,000 homes each year. The increasing cost to operate coal-fired plants, falling price of renewable energy and customer demand are driving forces behind the utility`s investment in renewables.

The investment is expected to create more than 1,200 construction jobs and provide roughly $80 million in local tax revenues over the next three decades, said David de Leon, president of Alliant subsidiary Wisconsin Power and Light...

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Ken Notes: and they are doing all of this because it is good business to do so! We need to think like business to persuade business...

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