Category: Illinois
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Fourteen Primergy Solar projects serving schools in Illinois will use Solar FlexRack trackers
Solar FlexRack, a division of Northern States Metals and an innovative leader in photovoltaic mounting and solar tracker solutions, supplied Primergy Solar with its TDP and TDP 2.0 Solar Trackers for 14 projects, all of which will supply energy to schools in Illinois. Located in the north and central sectionsRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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Free solar installs finally hit Chicago’s South Side as part of Illinois Solar for All program
From Energy News Network: The Illinois Solar for All program was slow to start in part because of its complexity and consumer safeguards. Having always been “the go-green types,” Debra Earl and her husband last summer decided they wanted to get solar panels on the bungalow where they’ve lived forRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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Illinois sparked a solar residential boom, but COVID-19 and stalled legislation could end it
From the Energy News Network: Illinois’s solar industry, which until recently had been booming, could be decimated by the coronavirus pandemic, according to experts and developers who are scrambling to prepare for the uncertain future. The state’s 2017 Future Energy Jobs Act sparked a boom in distributed solar installations andRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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As Illinois nears the end of net metering, solar installers make the case that it’s too soon
From the Energy News Network: Solar installers in Ameren Illinois’ territory have hit a key milestone, prompting a regulatory process with high stakes for the future of rooftop solar in the state. Illinois’ 2017 Future Energy Jobs Act calls for replacing retail net metering with a localized value-of-solar rate asRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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As Illinois nears the end of net metering, solar installers make the case that it’s too soon
From the Energy News Network: Solar installers in Ameren Illinois’ territory have hit a key milestone, prompting a regulatory process with high stakes for the future of rooftop solar in the state. Illinois’ 2017 Future Energy Jobs Act calls for replacing retail net metering with a localized value-of-solar rate asRead More — Solar Builder magazine