Vista Sands Solar Project Set to Transform Wisconsin’s Energy Landscape with Major Public Health, Environmental, and Economic Benefits

A recently released report from Quantum Energy details the expected local and regional annual environmental, health and economic benefits of the Vista Sands Solar project (“Vista Sands”), a proposed 1.3-gigawatt photovoltaic and 300-megawatt battery energy storage project in Portage County, if approved by the Public Service Commission of Wisconsin. The report, commissioned by the project’s developer, Doral Renewables, and filed as part of its Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity application for project approval, evaluates the potential grid-level reductions in emissions to air, soil and water as well as the corresponding public health, ecosystem and economic impacts if Vista Sands’ full project capacity is brought onto the Midcontinent Independent System Operator (MISO) grid.