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The end of an era: Alliant Energy announces retirement dates for Columbia Energy Center
Alliant Energy CorporationFebruary 2, 2021 GMT
MADISON, Wis., Feb. 02, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) It’s the end of an era as Alliant Energy (NASDAQ: LNT) today announces plans to retire Columbia Energy Center – the last of their coal-fired facilities in Wisconsin. Located near Portage in Columbia County, the Columbia Energy Center has generated reliable, affordable power for Wisconsin customers for nearly half a century.
“The closure of Columbia is truly a historic moment as we stop burning coal in our Wisconsin Operations and fully turn our attention to generating cleaner energy using renewable resources, such as solar, battery storage and high efficiency gas,” said David de Leon, President of Alliant Energy’s Wisconsin energy company. “While we are pleased to reach agreement with the co-ow
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“We appreciate Alliant Energy’s donation from their community solar project and their willingness to support our efforts to help local families,” said Katie Karls, Executive Director, Habitat for Humanity of Fond du Lac County. “Our plan is to use the donated solar blocks from Alliant Energy to reduce the electric bills for people living in our Habitat homes, which will really help out the residents with their monthly budgets and give them more dollars to provide for their families.”
Alliant Energy launched its Fond du Lac community solar project in early December. The company expects to start construction on the project, located southeast of the city, this spring and complete it by the end of the year. The Community Solar program provides Alliant Energy customers an opportunity to share the benef its of solar power without having to install solar panels on their property.
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The buzz around renewable energy sources has been floating all over the United States for the past decade. A recent Gallup survey indicates outstanding support from American people – to drop coal and oil-based products, and to adopt renewable energy sources in several aspects of their life.
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Fusion Capitalism: A Clean Energy Vision for Conservatives,” energy expert Steve Melink provides 4 persuasive reasons to embrace renewable energy this year, personally and professionally, and thus partake in the go-green windfall.
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