美国能源部周三表示，已向Alliant Energy发放51亿美元贷款包，以在爱荷华州和威斯康星州的电厂扩大发电并加强电网。
US closes $5.1 billion loan to Alliant Energy for new gas power generation, energy storage By Timothy Gardner WASHINGTON, Oct 28 - The US Department of Energy said on Wednesday it has closed a $5.1 billion loan package to Alliant Energy to expand power generation and bolster the grid at plants in Iowa and Wisconsin.
该部门贷款办公室的投资将支持新建天然气发电厂、储能系统以及对现有发电设施的升级，该部门表示。
The investments from the department's loans office will support new natural gas-fired power plants, energy storage systems, and upgrades to existing generation facilities, it said.
该贷款将创造数百个与建设相关的工作岗位，并提供超过2.6吉瓦的新增或升级发电容量，该部门表示。这足以为近180万户家庭供电。
The loans will create hundreds of construction-related jobs and deliver more than 2.6 gigawatts of new or upgraded power generation capacity, it said. That's enough power for nearly 1.8 million homes.
该贷款最初由前总统乔·拜登政府于2025年1月任期最后几天提出，当时仅为30亿美元的有条件贷款。
The loan had originally been proposed by the administration of former President Joe Biden in his last days in office in January 2025 when it was only a conditional loan of $3 billion.
名为能源主导融资办公室（在拜登政府时期称为贷款计划办公室）的机构拥有数千亿美元的融资资金，其中大部分由能源部长克里斯·赖特表示将支持核电。
The office of Energy Dominance Financing, called the Loan Programs Office under Biden, has hundreds of billions of dollars in financing available, the bulk of which Energy Secretary Chris Wright has said will support nuclear power.
该办公室的变化不仅限于名称。在拜登政府期间，其使命是为难以获得银行贷款的新兴清洁能源项目和替代能源车辆提供支持。如今，它还包括对通常能够获得银行贷款的项目（如天然气）的支持。储能（通常包括电池）在最初贷款和最终贷款中均获得支持。
More than the name of the office has changed. Its mission during the Biden administration was to provide support to emerging clean energy projects and alternative vehicles that struggled to get bank loans. Now it includes support to projects such as natural gas that have typically been able to get bank loans. Energy storage, which typically includes batteries, was supported in both the initial and the closed loan.
贷款办公室主任格雷戈里·比尔德在一份声明中表示：“通过让新的可靠电力投入运行，我们正在加强国家能源安全，并降低爱荷华州和威斯康星州家庭和企业的电力成本。”
"By bringing new, dependable power online, we are strengthening our nation’s energy security and lowering electricity costs for families and businesses across Iowa and Wisconsin," the loan office director, Gregory Beard, said in a release.
由于贷款将在数十年内发放，电力成本的任何降低可能需要多年时间。
Any lowering of electricity costs could take many years as the loans take place over decades.