MGE's First Large-Scale Battery Storage to Come Online
Completion of the battery at Paris Solar is expected in 2025.
Paris Solar-Battery Park. Photo courtesy of WEC Energy Group, which is a co-owner of the project.
Paris Solar-Battery Park. Photo courtesy of WEC Energy Group, which is a co-owner of the project.
Construction is nearing completion on the 110-megawatt (MW) battery storage facility at the 200-MW Paris Solar-Battery Park in Kenosha County. The battery is expected to come online this year.
MGE owns 20 MW of solar capacity from the project and will own 11 MW of battery storage when completed. The solar array came online in December 2024.
Battery storage provides reliability benefits. The combination of solar and batteries can help meet peaks in demand, particularly in summer when solar production and demand are at their highest.
Nearly 500,000 solar panels make up the array at Paris Solar. MGE's share of the project generates enough energy to power about 6,000 homes.
This new facility and other proposed projects will help MGE achieve our carbon reduction goals. MGE already is about halfway to our goal of at least 80% fewer carbon emissions by 2030. Visit mge.com/solar to learn more about how MGE is growing our use of carbon-free energy generation as we work toward net-zero carbon electricity.
published: Feb-27-2025