A subsidiary of Wisconsin Energy Corporation has announced an alliance that will lead to the construction of a new wind park that will be capable of generating enough renewable green energy to power approximately 45,000 homes.

We Energies will partner with fellow Wisconsin-based businesses such as The Boldt Company, the Michels Corporation, and Edgarton Contractors Inc. to create the Glacier Hills Wind Park. The location of the park will be spread across the towns of Randolph and Scott, both of which are located in Columbia County.

"Developing the Glacier Hills Wind Park through this home-state construction alliance will benefit Wisconsin's economy while achieving a low cost approach to generating more energy from renewable resources," said Rick Kuester, executive vice president of Wisconsin Energy Corporation. "The project will be built with the talents of these Wisconsin companies and local craft labor."

The wind energy project will be capable of generating up to 400 million kilowatt hours of renewable power every year to We Energies and Wisconsin Energy Corporation customers.

Currently, We Energies has more than 1.1 million electric customers spread across Wisconsin and Michigan's Upper Peninsula, in addition to more than one million gas customers in Wisconsin.