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Plans are spinning into

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motion for a large

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wind turbine project

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the first of its size

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to be approved

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since 2011 by the state

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Public Service Commission.

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Solar and wind

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are the cheapest forms

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of electricity

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so it's a really great win

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for people's pocketbooks

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for our electricity bills.

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These also

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really represent

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huge opportunities

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for rural communities

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in terms of the economics

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and the money that

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is flowing into

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the host communities

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from the farmers

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who sign leases

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to host these

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where they get this

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long term, stable

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high income.

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It's enough to power

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tens of thousands

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of Wisconsin homes.

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Wind energy is

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very efficient.

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One minute of

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wind turbine

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spinning can power

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a Wisconsin home

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for an entire day.

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So we're generating

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huge amounts of energy

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from those turbines.

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How does wind

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work with solar?

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Is that a complementary

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kind of mix?

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Increasingly, we're seeing

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projects be proposed

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along with storage

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like batteries

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and so that can

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also help store

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when there's

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a lot of wind or

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a really sunny day

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store that energy away

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for some of those times

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where we've got

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less of those resources.

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They work well

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seasonally together as well.

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But wind is actually

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more productive

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in the winter, too

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because the colder

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air is denser

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and it helps

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kind of generate

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more electricity.

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So they really

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do pair well together.