Alliant Energy’s West Riverside Energy Center in the town of Beloit wins an engineering award.

The natural gas-fired plant has received a 2021 Engineering Excellence Best of State award from the American Council of Engineering Companies of Wisconsin.

The facility competed in the energy category and won the award based on the skill and creativity shown in engineering.

West Riverside Energy Center is Wisconsin’s newest and most efficient natural gas generating station. Put into operation in May 2020, it features the latest technology including the use of a plume abatement system and state-of-the-art water treatment process equipment.