Our experience with wind energy illustrates that innovation is core to how we conduct our business. In the early 1980s, we began monitoring potential wind sites. By 1984, MGE had three of its own pilot wind projects.

In 1999, MGE took a bold step and constructed the largest wind farm east of the Mississippi. This wind farm remains an integral part of our growing renewable energy mix.

In the last year, we grew our wind power capacity by nearly eight times— from 11 to 87 megawatts. We are harvesting clean wind energy from a new $58 million MGE wind farm and purchasing energy from two other installations.

Innovating with technology is one key to meeting tomorrow’s energy needs.