Retired farmer Mark Schultz has had the same view from his farmstead out across West Creedy Road for more than 60 years.
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A home sits across from the soon to be location for the Paddock Solar Project, an estimated 65-megawatt solar project located just west of Beloit along Highway 213. Construction is expected to get underway in 2022 and be completed in late 2023.
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What is currently a field of soybeans is the proposed location for the Paddock Solar Project, an estimated 65-megawatt solar project located just west of Beloit along Highway 213. Construction is expected to get underway in 2022 and be completed in late 2023.
Anthony Wahl
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Alliant Energy plans to install a 65-megawatt solar array on this farmland west of Beloit along Highway 213.
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