| Riverside Energy Center | |
| Country: | United States |
| Location: | Town of Beloit, Wisconsin |
| Coordinates: | 42.5828°N -89.0353°W |
| Owner: | Alliant Energy |
| Status: | Base load |
| Th Fuel Primary: | Natural gas |
| Th Technology: | GE combustion and Siemens Westinghouse steam |
| Ps Combined Cycle: | Yes |
| Ps Units Operational: | 2 |
| Ps Electrical Capacity: | 603 MW |
| Commissioned: | June 2004 |
Riverside Energy Center is an electrical power station located north of Beloit, Wisconsin in the Town of Beloit, just west of the Rock River. It consists of two 2-on-1 units (2 Combustion turbines per 1 HRSG). The facility is owned and operated by Alliant Energy.
Riverside is a 603 MW combined cycle natural gas facility built by Calpine. It began producing power June 2004.[1] [2]
Purchase of the plant by Wisconsin Power & Light was approved by the Public Service Commission of Wisconsin in April 2011.[3]
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.[4]
There is an Alliant maintenance facility located adjacent to the center[5] as well as the Rock River Generating Station, a natural gas-fired power plant.