Construction is underway at the Fond du Lac community solar site!
Fond du Lac Community Solar open house celebration – Oct. 7, 2021
We had a great day celebrating Alliant Energy® Community Solar – Fond du Lac, our first community solar project in company history. Thank you to our subscribers and community leaders who helped make this project a reality.
Our community of supporters
We have many individuals and community members to thank for their support and collaboration bringing community solar to Fond du Lac:
- Michels Corporation and President and CEO, Pat Michels.
- Congregation of Sisters of St. Agnes.
- Moraine Park Technical College.
- Habitat for Humanity of Fond du Lac County.
- Town of Fond du Lac.
- City of Fond du Lac.
- County of Fond du Lac.
- Fond du Lac community leaders: Tom Schuppe, John McDowell, Jon Mark Bolthouse, Jordan Skiff, Brian Kolstad and Tyler Huebner.
- And the more than 140 residential subscribers.
Open house photos
Eric Kaufman (Fond du Lac Town Board) and JP Brummond (Alliant Energy).
Left to right: David de Leon (Alliant Energy); Katie Karls (Habitat for Humanity – Fond du Lac); Stephanie Albers (Habitat for Humanity – Fond du Lac); and JP Brummond (Alliant Energy).
Chase Coleman (Alliant Energy) discusses the Alliant Energy® Community Solar program with a Fond du Lac resident.
Alliant Energy’s Pablo Jerez and Steve Greidanus explain how solar energy is generated and transmitted to the energy grid.
Patrick Michels (Michels Corporation) shares why the company saw the opportunity to be the anchor tenant at Alliant Energy’s first community solar garden as a win-win.
Pablo Jevez stands next to a 440W solar panel, which represents nearly two solar blocks at the Alliant Energy® Community Solar – Fond du Lac site. The solar garden includes 4,000 250W solar blocks.
Ariel view of the Alliant Energy® Community Solar – Fond du Lac site.
August 2021
