Des Moines, IA- The Iowa Utilities Board has approved an application for a large-scale solar farm in southeast Iowa.
Radio Iowa reports that the board has issued a certificate, so an Alliant Energy subsidiary will be able to place solar panels on 925 acres of ag land in Lee County. A battery facility at the site will store energy generated by the array of solar panels.
Alliant still has to provide state regulators with final designs for the site as well as a flood mitigation plan and a road use agreement with Lee County. According to a news release from the Iowa Utilities Board, all the landowners involved signed voluntary agreements with Alliant.
In other action this week, the board also granted temporary rates for Alliant’s solar project near Palo, which was approved by the Linn County Board of Supervisors in November.
State regulators have also asked MidAmerican to confirm it’s nearly $4 billion Wind Prime Project can be constructed at no net cost to taxpayers. The project, which also includes solar energy generation, will study nuclear generation and battery storage.
