UNDATED (WTAQ) – The cost of producing solar energy is reported to be 60 percent less than six years ago, and that has Wisconsin suppliers working on a number of solar projects.
Dairyland Power Cooperative of La Crosse has announced 12 new facilities to make electricity from solar panels, and Xcel Energy of northwest Wisconsin says it’s planning 3 new projects — plus two community “solar gardens” for this year.
The Dairyland facilities stretch from Eastman in Crawford County to Phillips in Price County, providing a total of 15.5 megawatts — enough to provide power to 2,500 homes.
Xcel’s plans calls for 3.5 megawatts.
Those, plus projects that Alliant Energy is working on, would create more than 26 megawatts of electricity — which is more than the statewide total of 25 megawatts at the end of 2015.
(Story courtesy of Wheeler News Service)