MGE obtains clearance to buy capacity from 310-MW solar, battery project in Wisconsin
- Madison Gas as well as Electric (MGE) on Thursday said that, in partnership with subsidiaries of WEC Energy Group Inc (NYSE: WEC), it has protected approval from the Public Service Commission of Wisconsin to get capacity from the Paris Solar-Battery Park.
The project, located in Kenosha County, Wisconsin, will certainly include 200 MW of solar and also 110 MW of battery storage. MGE will purchase 20 MW of solar energy and 11 MW of storage. The WEC Energy Group subsidiaries, We Energies as well as Wisconsin Public Service (WPS), will own the remaining 180 MW of solar capacity and 99 MW of storage.
The designer of the Paris Solar-Battery Park is Invenergy LLC, which will additionally build the facility, starting this year. The project is set up to begin delivering energy to consumers in the springtime of 2023.
MGE stated this will be its initial addition of utility-scale battery storage. Intending to reduce carbon emissions at the very least 80% by 2030, it expects to include virtually 400 MW of wind, solar as well as battery storage in between 2015 and 2024.
