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 # What Alliant's Big Solar Announcement Means for the Midwest's Energy Transition

 

##### The Midwest has long been a stronghold for wind. Here comes solar.

 

 

 Jul 9, 2020 11:30 AM ET

  ![](/sites/default/files/styles/carousel_2x/public/images/Screen_Shot_2020-07-01_at_4.28.38_PM.png "image courtesy Green Tech Media website") image courtesy Green Tech Media website 

 

[Originally published on greentechmedia.com](https://www.greentechmedia.com/squared/the-lead/inside-alliant-energys-big-solar-announcement-and-what-it-means-for-the-midwests-energy-transition)

by [Emma Foehringer Merchant](https://www.greentechmedia.com/authors/emma-foehringer-merchant)

Last week Midwest utility Alliant Energy, which delivers electricity in Wisconsin through its subsidiary Wisconsin Power and Light, made good on a 2019 commitment to significantly boost the amount of solar in its portfolio. The utility said it would purchase 675 megawatts in Wisconsin, upping the state’s existing total more than threefold.

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