Wisconsin Power and Light Co. said Tuesday that it has executed a letter of intent to purchase a 400-megawatt wind farm site in Freeborn County in southern Minnesota. The Bent Tree Wind Farm site, to be purchased from Wind Capital Group LLC, a St. Louis-based developer of wind energy assets, has the potential to produce up to 400 megawatts of emissions-free energy if completely developed, ...Wisconsin Power and Light (WPL), a subsidiary of Alliant Energy Corp. in Madison, expects the site purchase to be completed by October.

Wisconsin Power and Light Co. said Tuesday that it has executed a letter of intent to purchase a 400-megawatt wind farm site in Freeborn County in southern Minnesota.

The Bent Tree Wind Farm site, to be purchased from Wind Capital Group LLC, a St. Louis-based developer of wind energy assets, has the potential to produce up to 400 megawatts of emissions-free energy if completely developed, enough potential capacity to power up to 100,000 homes, the company said in a statement.

Wisconsin Power and Light (WPL), a subsidiary of Alliant Energy Corp. in Madison, expects the site purchase to be completed by October. WPL plans for the first 200 megawatts to be in commercial operation by the end of 2010. A decision regarding development of the wind farm's additional 200 megawatts has not yet been made, the company said.

WPL is constructing the Cedar Ridge Wind Farm, its first fully-owned and operated wind farm. The 68-megawatt wind farm in the townships of Eden and Empire in Fond du Lac County is expected to begin commercial operation by the end of 2008.

Alliant Energy (NYSE: LNT) has subsidiaries serving about 1 million electric and 400,000 natural gas customers. Wisconsin Power and Light serves approximately 450,000 electric and 175,000 natural gas customers.

 

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