Illinois
Illinois hangs over a ‘solar cliff’ — and developers gaze into the unknown
The final incentives from the state’s 2017 Future Energy Jobs Act were awarded on Monday as solar developers plead for a legislative fix next month.
Illinois
Illinois’ legislative lockdown will leave solar industry waiting until 2021
As surging coronavirus cases prompt leaders to cancel a November legislative session, solar developers and advocates fear irreparable harm to the industry.
community solar
First downstate project through Illinois community solar program completed
The installation is one of 18 projects in the works by Summit Ridge Energy in Ameren’s southern Illinois territory.
Midwest
Chicago’s South Side sees first free solar installations under state equity program
The Illinois Solar for All program was slow to start in part because of its complexity and consumer safeguards.
Future Energy Jobs Act
Booming Illinois solar industry falls off ‘funding cliff’
Illinois’ exponential solar growth is already slowing, putting the state’s renewable energy goals further out of reach.