Country United States Opened June 2004 Status Base load | Commission date June 2004 Combined cycle? yes Units operational 2 | |
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Type GE combustion and Siemens Westinghouse steam Address 1401 W B R Townline Rd, Beloit, WI 53511, USA Similar Rock River Generating Station, Fox Energy Center, Columbia Energy Center | ||
Riverside Energy Center is an electrical power station located north of Beloit, Wisconsin in the town of Beloit at 1401 W B R Townline Road (West Beloit Rock) just west of the Rock River. The facility is owned and operated by Alliant Energy.
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History
Riverside is a 603 MW combined cycle natural gas facility built by Calpine. It began producing power June 2004.
Purchase of the plant by Wisconsin Power & Light was approved by the Wisconsin Public Service Commission in April 2011.
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.
Adjacent facilities
There is an Alliant maintenance facility located adjacent to the center as well as the Rock River Generating Station, a natural gas-fired power plant.