Alliant Energy advances CO2-based long-duration storage project
Utility company Alliant Energy has received approval from the Wisconsin Public Service Commission (PSC) to advance its Columbia energy storage project, which will use
Sign up for WPR's email newsletter. The Columbia Energy Storage Project would store excess energy from the electric grid by converting carbon dioxide gas into a compressed liquid form and then converting that liquid back into a gas, powering a turbine to generate electricity, according to the Department of Energy.
Alliant Energy filed an application with the state Public Service Commission on Aug. 7 to build a long-duration energy storage system in Columbia County. It would be the first project of its kind in North America.
Columbia Energy Center is a base load, sub-bituminous coal -fired, electrical power station located south of Portage in the Town of Pacific, Columbia County, Wisconsin. Ownership is 46.2% Wisconsin Power and Light Company (Alliant Energy), 31.8% Wisconsin Public Service (Integrys Energy Group), and 22% Madison Gas and Electric (MGE).
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