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Renewable Energy Partnerships
Four Caterpillar® engines, powered by methane gas, generate electricity at Integrys Energy Services' Winnebago Energy Center near Rockford, Illinois.
Integrys Energy Services, our nonregulated energy services company has a business segment focused on renewable energy, efficiency and conservation. This business approach reflects Integrys Energy Group's concern for the environment, as well as an energy market that is increasingly demanding environmentally friendly products and services.
Examples of Integrys Energy Services' green offerings include these power generation partnerships:
- Integrys Energy Services, with partner and co-owner Soltage,* is building a
solar generating facility in Milford, Connecticut. The 341.6-kilowatt photovoltaic
system will be mounted on the roof of a furniture showroom. The furniture store
will purchase the electricity under a 17-year agreement. This amount of solar
energy:
- Reduces greenhouse emissions by 225 tons per year
- Is equal to planting about 87 acres of trees
- Is equal to the power consumed by about 37 average homes
*Grants for this project were provided by the Connecticut Clean Energy Fund. - In 2007, Integrys Energy Services completed work on the Winnebago Energy Center
near Rockford, Illinois. The 6.4-megawatt plant uses methane gas produced by
decomposing trash to power four engines. The engines generate electricity, which
flows to the electric grid. Using the methane to create electricity benefits the
environment, because the gas is not burned or emitted into the atmosphere. The
green power generated at the Winnebago Energy Center is equal to:
- Taking 56,000 cars off the road each year
- Planting 76,000 acres of trees
- The power used by 5,000 average homes