Alliant Energyâs Richland County Solar renamed Bear Creek Solar
50-megawatt solar project in Richland County renamed due to safety precautions
BUENA VISTA, Wis. - March 5, 2021 - Richland County Solar, a 50-megawatt (MW) solar project located in the town of Buena Vista (near the village of Lone Rock), Wisconsin, is being renamed Bear Creek Solar.
Bear Creek, a waterway off the Wisconsin River, is a class 1 trout stream and is part of southwest Wisconsin s driftless region. It provides the Richland County community with wetland scenery and outdoor recreational activities. Guided by its purpose-driven strategy to serve customers and build strong communities, Alliant Energy set out to identify a name that represents the community.
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Alliant Energy announced the Clean Energy Blueprint for Iowa last week, a plan that will transition one of their coal-burning plants to nuclear energy and shut down the Lansing Generating station altogether.
The Iowa Environmental Council (IEC) and the Environmental Law and Policy Center (ELPC) have publicly announced their support of the plan. By shuttering the Lansing Generating Station by 2022, converting the Burlington plant to nuclear energy and constructing more solar plants and battery storage stations, Alliant Energy will eliminate 487MW of coal-generated power in Iowa by 2026, according to an IEC news release.
Not only will eliminating coal plants reduce pollution, it will also save Alliant customers money. When Alliant Energy requested a 24% rate increase on residential customers in 2019, the ELPC and IEC contracted Uday Varadarajan, an expert data analyst, to examine the economics of Iowa’s coal plants and examine the cost of alterna