Proposed 500 MW-Plus Gas-Fired Power Plant in Wisconsin to Support Renewable Investments


Proposed 500 MW-Plus Gas-Fired Power Plant in Wisconsin to Support Renewable Investments


Minnesota Power and the Dairyland Power Cooperative this week said they plan to co-develop a 525-550 MW combined-cycle natural gas-fired power plant in Superior, WI, to support major wind and solar investments in their service territories.

The entities plan to invest $350 million in the Nemadji Trail Energy Center, which would be built at a shovel-ready industrial site along the Nemadji River that has access to existing natural gas pipelines. Regulatory filings are planned for later this summer, and the facility is expected to be in service by 2024.

Minnesota Power, a utility division of the publicly traded energy provider Allete Inc., would purchase 250 MW of power from the facility under a joint ownership structure with Dairyland. As part of the company`s filing with the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission, Minnesota Power would request another 250 MW of wind power capacity and 10 MW of solar power. The combined-cycle facility would complement the company`s renewable resources as capacity backup and would help fulfill its initiative to cut carbon emissions.

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Ken Notes: Shhhhh, don`t tell the powers that be about the new jobs, construction jobs, sustainability, low cost, low carbon, 700 million investment.....

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