More Solar Serving MGE Customers
Badger Hollow Solar Farm is Wisconsin’s largest solar project.
Tyto Solar in Fitchburg, Wis., is a 6-MW solar project now serving all MGE electric customers.
Tyto Solar in Fitchburg, Wis., is a 6-MW solar project now serving all MGE electric customers.
In late 2023, Wisconsin’s largest solar project became fully operational. The second 150-megawatt (MW) phase of the Badger Hollow Solar Farm in Iowa County came online. MGE owns a total 100 MW of the 300-MW project. The first phase came online in late 2021. MGE’s share of the entire facility is expected to generate enough electricity to power about 30,000 households.
The completion of Badger Hollow is another step in MGE’s ongoing transition toward greater use of cost-effective, carbon-free energy as we work with customers to achieve our industry-leading carbon reduction goals. By 2030, we expect every MGE electric customer will have 80% fewer carbon emissions from their electricity use simply by being an MGE customer as we work toward our goal of net-zero carbon electricity.
Tyto Solar in Fitchburg
Tyto Solar is MGE’s latest solar project, which came online in February 2024. The 6-MW array in Fitchburg is a distributed energy resource, like our other Madison-area solar projects. This means it is connected directly to MGE’s distribution system. Tyto Solar is serving all MGE electric customers.
Upcoming solar projects
MGE’s energy supply mix is in transition as we transition toward greater use of renewable resources and target net-zero carbon electricity by 2050. These projects are part of a number of renewable energy projects to help MGE achieve our industry-leading carbon reduction goals. MGE will own a 10% share of these three large-scale solar energy projects currently under construction:
- Paris Solar-Battery Park: MGE will own 20 MW of solar capacity and 11 MW of battery storage at this project in the town of Paris in Kenosha County. It’s expected online in 2024.
- Darien Solar Energy Center: MGE will own 25 MW of solar capacity at this project in the town of Bradford in Rock County and the town of Darien in Walworth County. It’s expected online this year.
- Koshkonong Solar Energy Center: MGE will own 30 MW of solar energy from this facility to be located in the towns of Christiana and Deerfield in Dane County. The Koshkonong facility is expected online in 2026.
published: Feb-28-2024