We Energies and Wisconsin Public Service announced Friday that they are proposing to purchase the Koshkonong Solar Energy Center, a planned 465-megawatt solar and battery storage project in southeastern Dane County.
If approved, the $649 million project located south of Cambridge 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 the Dane County towns of Christiana and Deerfield, north and east of Interstate 90 and intersected by U.S. Highway 12/18 and west of the Dane-Jefferson county line.
The companies filed the Koshkonong solar and battery storage proposal this week with the Public Service Commission of Wisconsin.
We Energies and WPS would own 90 percent of the project. Madison Gas and Electric would own the other 10 percent.
The map shows the location of the Koshkonong Solar Energy Center, a planned 465-megawatt solar and battery storage project in southeastern Dane County. Submitted graphic.
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