Riverside Energy Center

Riverside Energy Center is an electrical power station located north of Beloit, Wisconsin in the Town of Beloit, just west of the Rock River. The facility is owned and operated by Alliant Energy.

Riverside Energy Center
CountryUnited States
LocationTown of Beloit, Wisconsin
Coordinates42°34′58″N 89°2′7″W
StatusBase load
Commission dateJune 2004
Owner(s)Alliant Energy
Thermal power station
Primary fuelNatural gas
Turbine technologyGE combustion and Siemens Westinghouse steam
Combined cycle?Yes
Power generation
Units operational2
Nameplate capacity603 MW

History

Riverside is a 603 MW combined cycle natural gas facility built by Calpine. It began producing power June 2004.[1][2]

Purchase of the plant by Wisconsin Power & Light was approved by the Wisconsin Public Service Commission in April 2011.[3]

In November 2014, Alliant announced it planned to expand Riverside Energy Center with an additional $725 million, 650 MW, combined cycle natural gas generating facility. Alliant said they planned to begin construction in 2016 and be producing power in 2019.[4]

Adjacent facilities

There is an Alliant maintenance facility located adjacent to the center[5] as well as the Rock River Generating Station, a natural gas-fired power plant.

Alliant Energy's Riverside Energy Center

See also

References
  1. Calpine | Power Plants Archived 2008-02-16 at the Wayback Machine
  2. Calpine | Power Plants | Power Plants Archived 2011-07-08 at the Wayback Machine
  3. "PSC Clears WP&L To Buy Town Of Beloit Power Plant". Channel3000.com. 2012-04-05. Archived from the original on 2012-04-09. Retrieved 2012-04-05.
  4. Leute, Jim (November 6, 2014). "Alliant plans $725 million expansion in Rock County". Gazette. Janesville, WI.
  5. Garage Locations
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