MGE is committed to growing our use of renewable resources, including solar energy, as we work to reduce the carbon intensity of our electric generation. Carbon is the target, which is why our goals are focused on eliminating carbon from our generation mix. Renewable energy will play a role in our ongoing transition toward net-zero carbon electricity.
We continue to evaluate potential new solar sites beyond what is currently planned as we grow our use of renewable resources. We also continue to examine the combination of solar and battery storage.
Battery storage provides capacity and reliability benefits. The combination of solar and batteries also can provide reserve capacity to meet peaks in demand, particularly in summer when solar production and demand are at their highest. The technology is still developing, and we will learn more about the operating and resiliency potential of battery storage connected directly to our distribution system.
MGE's Shared Solar program offers the benefits of locally generated solar power. It's easy, flexible and affordable. MGE currently has two arrays serving Shared Solar participants:
The 150-MW Two Creeks Solar facility is located in the town of Two Creeks and the city of Two Rivers in Manitowoc County, Wis.
MGE partnered with Dane County to build this array on County-owned land adjacent to the Dane County Regional Airport. The project serves Dane County operations as part of a Renewable Energy Rider agreement.
The 300-MW Badger Hollow Solar Farm is located near the communities of Cobb and Montfort in Iowa County. It is the largest solar project in Wisconsin history. It came online in two 150-MW phases.
MGE partnered with the City of Madison and the Madison Metropolitan School District to construct this 8-MW solar array located north of Dane County's Rodefeld Landfill in southeast Madison.
MGE's Tyto Solar is a 6-MW solar array located in Fitchburg that serves all MGE electric customers as a distributed energy resource.
MGE will own 20 MW of solar energy and 11 MW of battery storage from the 200-MW solar park being built in the town of Paris in Kenosha County. The facility also will include 110 MW of battery storage. We Energies and Wisconsin Public Service, subsidiaries of WEC Energy Group, will own the remaining solar energy and battery storage.
MGE, in partnership with We Energies and Wisconsin Public Service (both subsidiaries of WEC Energy Group), received approval to purchase energy from the 250-MW solar array to be located in Rock and Walworth counties in southern Wisconsin. MGE will own 25 MW.
MGE, in partnership with We Energies and Wisconsin Public Service (both subsidiaries of WEC Energy Group), received approval to purchase energy from the 300-MW solar array to be located in the towns of Christiana and Deerfield in Dane County. MGE will own 30 MW.
Construction is underway on Strix Solar, a 6-MW solar array located at the corner of Byrne and Syene roads in Fitchburg.
Photovoltaic installations owned by MGE, including nearly 500 solar panels at MGE's headquarters in downtown Madison, supply almost 10% of the building's annual electric needs.
MGE, in partnership with We Energies and Wisconsin Public Service (both subsidiaries of WEC Energy Group), is seeking approval from State regulators to purchase a share of the energy generated by the High Noon Solar Energy Center, a 300-MW solar array to be built in the Columbia County communities of Arlington, Hampden, Leeds and Lowville. If approved, MGE's ownership share will be 30 MW.
MGE is seeking approval from the Public Service Commission of Wisconsin (PSCW) to build the Sunnyside Solar Energy Center, a 20-MW solar array and 40-MW battery storage system to be located off of Whalen Road in Fitchburg.
*Proposed for regulatory approval.
Participating customers can lower their carbon footprint with MGE's community solar program.
Join the listMGE Foundation funding supports the installation of solar arrays on schools in our electric service area.
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