Kevin Clark | Power Engineering September 6, 2022 Renewables developers Ameresco and Inovateus Solar have completed a 2.62 MW solar project at a former General Motors Powertrain Division Plant turned brownfield site in the US state of Illinois. The Danville solar system includes more than 6,600 solar modules and is connected to the Ameren utilityContinueContinue reading “2 MW solar project provides new life for Illinois brownfield site”
Category Archives: Solar
‘We farm the sun’: For some Wisconsin dairy farmers, solar energy is a new source of income
A small town in Manitowoc County is home to two large-scale solar farms, and farmers statewide are making similar moves Jana Rose Schleis | Wisconsin Public Radio September 7, 2022 Brent Sinkula has been operating the Irish Acres dairy farm for 12 years. Before that, it was his father’s farm, and his home. “Since IContinueContinue reading “‘We farm the sun’: For some Wisconsin dairy farmers, solar energy is a new source of income”
Minnesota Power hosts MPUC to highlight solar economic development projects
Liz Carey | Daily Energy Insider June 16, 2022 Minnesota Power hosted Minnesota Public Utilities Commission (MPUC) Tuesday to highlight solar energy projects and how they will impact economic development in the state. MPUC Chair Katie Sieben and Commissioner John Tuma joined Minnesota Power, an ALLETE company, to tour the Laskin Energy Center solar projectContinueContinue reading “Minnesota Power hosts MPUC to highlight solar economic development projects”
FERC meeting: A rule for renewables, grid and ‘complete bull’
Miranda Wilson | E&E News June 17, 2022 The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission proposed sweeping new rules yesterday that could unlock large amounts of renewable energy and battery storage across the country and help address mounting concerns about grid reliability. The commission, in response to a bottleneck of clean energy projects seeking to come online,ContinueContinue reading “FERC meeting: A rule for renewables, grid and ‘complete bull’”
Solar market turmoil delays Ind. coal shutdown
Jeffrey Tomich | EnergyWire May 5, 2022 Indiana utility Northern Indiana Public Service Co. said it will delay retirement of its largest coal-fired power plant by two years because a Commerce Department investigation is leading to supply chain uncertainty for solar projects needed as a replacement energy source. NIPSCO, which operates across northwest Indiana, saidContinueContinue reading “Solar market turmoil delays Ind. coal shutdown”
‘Massive disruption’: Senators pressure Biden to conclude solar trade probe
S&P Global Commodity Insights | S&P Capital IQ Pro May 2, 2022 A bipartisan group of U.S. senators is calling on the Biden administration to quickly review the Commerce Department’s recently launched investigation into the alleged evasion of import tariffs by Chinese solar manufacturers and for the agency to issue a preliminary determination on theContinueContinue reading “‘Massive disruption’: Senators pressure Biden to conclude solar trade probe”
McLean County to consider solar farm southwest of Bloomington
Eric Stock | WGLT May 2, 2022 A California company wants to build what would be McLean County’s largest solar farm. Cypress Creek Renewables has applied to build Towanda Solar, a 5-megawatt solar facility southwest of Bloomington in Dale Township. The county’s only existing solar farm, Moraine Solar east of Downs, is a 2-megawatt facility.ContinueContinue reading “McLean County to consider solar farm southwest of Bloomington”
Protecting property rights: Alternative energy projects can be profitable for everyone
Debbie Rogers | Sentinel-Tribune April 28, 2022 When a wind farm — or other alternative energy development — inevitably blows into Wood County, the commissioners should be prepared to embrace it and use it to transform schools. Tony Zartman, deputy director of programs and operations for the Land and Liberty Coalition, gave a presentation recentlyContinueContinue reading “Protecting property rights: Alternative energy projects can be profitable for everyone”
Sol Systems Acquires 37 MW Illinois Solar Project from Lightrock Power
Sol Systems | Global Newswire April 28, 2022 Washington, DC, April 28, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Today, Washington, DC.-based Sol Systems, LLC, announced the acquisition of a 37-megawatt (MWdc) solar development project in Morgan County, Illinois from Lightrock Power. Sol Systems acquired the project through an RFP process executed on LevelTen Energy’s Asset Marketplace and it isContinueContinue reading “Sol Systems Acquires 37 MW Illinois Solar Project from Lightrock Power”
Farming’s next frontier: Solar energy
Newsy | 8KPAX April 22, 2022 For farmers across America, planting season is well underway. “In this in this area, I’ve had some mint here, you know, peppermint, seed corn, commercial corn, soybeans,” said Indiana landowner Norman Welker. But rather than seeds, a group of farmers in Northwest Indiana is putting steel piles into theirContinueContinue reading “Farming’s next frontier: Solar energy”