Alliant Energy to develop utility's first neighborhood solar project in Wisconsin

• Alliant Energy is launching its first neighborhood solar project. The solar garden will lie near Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, nestled along the south side of state Highway 151. Alliant Energy expects to start building and construction on the 1-MW community solar project in the spring and complete it by the end of 2021.

" We are thrilled that our customers can sign up for our initial area solar project and appreciate the advantages of obtaining tidy, renewable resource," claimed David de Leon, president of Alliant Energy's Wisconsin power company. "We expect that all blocks will certainly be sold rapidly due to a high degree of involvement as well as rate of interest from customers."

Alliant Energy's Community Solar program sustains the business's Clean Energy Vision as well as its aspirational objective to acquire net-zero co2 discharges from the power it generates by 2050. It is likewise part of the business's Clean Energy Blueprint-- a roadmap to increase Alliant Energy's change to renewable energy.

Alliant Energy's Community Solar program provides a possibility for customers to share the advantages of solar energy without having to mount photovoltaic panels on their residential property. They receive a credit rating on their monthly electrical expenses for every block of power bought. The credit reports start when the facility remains in solution and will last for 20 years. Individuals will certainly recognize price savings over the life of the solar facility.

" We value the collaboration we have with Alliant Energy and also their commitment to bringing a clean energy project to Fond du Lac County,' stated Allen Buechel, Fond du Lac county executive. "Having a community solar project for our residents and company owner to join will certainly be a benefit to the atmosphere and also our local economic situation."

The solar project will be improved land leased from Michels Corporation, an utility service provider headquartered in close-by Brownsville.

The prepared Fond du Lac solar project is the first of what is anticipated to be several neighborhood solar places throughout Iowa as well as Wisconsin for Alliant Energy. The Fond du Lac area has actually been in the help several months, and also the neighborhood is anticipating the project being put into service.

" Our Fond du Lac location electrical consumers have actually revealed a solid rate of interest in getting involved," said Kathy Leifer, Alliant Energy senior vital account supervisor for the Fond du Lac area. "We have actually been informally reviewing it with customers, as well as there is a great deal of energy and also excitement amongst property owners as well as business owners to end up being involved."