Illinois proposes bill to cut bureaucratic inefficiency in residential solar permitting
The Residential Solar Automated Permitting Act would require local governments to adopt instant solar permitting for residential rooftop solar and home battery storage.
Cordelio Power expands with new 1 GWh procurement, new contracts
Cordelio Power’s storage portfolio continues to grow, including sourcing 1 GWh of batteries from Fluence for new storage projects.
From flipping burgers to flipping the switch on community solar
More than 30 Wendy’s and McDonald’s franchise locations in Illinois are estimated to save an annual $20,000 in electrical costs by subscribing to community solar, the savings of which will increase as more community solar projects come online.
For marginalized communities in Chicago, partnership brings solar opportunity
The pre-apprenticeship program targets residents in areas that have historically been excluded from economic opportunities or have been subject to disproportionate burdens of pollution.
Massachusetts city sources solar power from Illinois
The electrons won’t be delivered across state lines, but the City of Cambridge will match its electricity use with a virtual power purchase agreement from a solar project in Champaign County, Illinois.
U.S. sees a 22% drop in land available for solar sites
Available land in the U.S. for renewable energy sites is continuing to shrink, found a new report by Paces, a renewable-energy project-planning software developer.
Sunrise brief: Maxeon Solar reports $179 million Q3 loss
Also on the rise: Fully electric, net-zero Wisconsin school powered by a microgrid. Largest solar and energy storage project in U.S. achieves regulatory approval. And more.
The frost heave challenge in solar installations
A Terrasmart Innovation Engineer looks at ways of overcoming weather challenges particular to the installing solar in Midwest states.
Nexamp to bring 350 MW of distributed solar power generation to Illinois and New York
The portfolio is expected to reduce the cost of electricity for more than 10,000 households and provide an estimated 3,000 jobs.
Midwest coal mines to be reborn as solar fields in major partnership
A renewable energy developer and major coal company announced a partnership for 5.5 GW solar development plan, enough to power over 850,000 homes.
