Posts tagged: Illinois

Microsoft buys entire output of Illinois wind farm

Microsoft took another step toward its goal of becoming carbon neutral, announcing its second enormous purchase of wind energy. The company signed a 20-year power purchase agreement to buy 175 megawatts (MW) of wind energy — the entire output — of Pilot Hill Wind Project in Illinois. The wind farm is 60 miles from Chicago […]

Sunday July 27th, 2014 in , , , , , , , , , | No Comments »

Here comes the sun: Rooftop solar panels get jump-start in Illinois

By Steve Daniels   Call it Illinois’ welcome to SolarCity. A compromise measure has surfaced in Springfield that’s aimed at jump-starting the market in Illinois for solar panels on homeowners’ rooftops, a much more common sight in states like Arizona and California. The new amendment to the bill, HB 2427, would require the Illinois Power […]

Sunday May 25th, 2014 in , , , , , , , , | No Comments »

Illinois No. 1 in Switching to Renewable Energy: Report

(AP) — Illinois buys more renewable energy than any other state, which has reduced pollution by the equivalent of removing a million cars from the road over the past few years, according to a report released today by national and state environmental groups. A 2009 state law allowed communities to buy their own electricity rather […]

Saturday March 22nd, 2014 in , , , , , , , , | No Comments »

In the Midwest, farmers leading the way on solar power

Solar installations have been taking off in many areas of the Midwest, but perhaps nowhere more so than in farm country. “It’s a huge buzz now throughout the agriculture industry,” said Todd Miller, sales director for CB Solar in Ankeny, Iowa. In Washington County, Iowa, for example, farmers with access to an unusual and lucrative […]

Saturday February 1st, 2014 in , , , , , , , , | No Comments »

Street Smarts In Chicago

A two-mile stretch of Chicago’s gritty Cermak Road has undergone a $16 million renovation that make it one of the world’s greenest. Check out the cement that eats smog! Courtesy: todaysgreenminute.com Tweet

Monday September 9th, 2013 in , , , , , , , , | No Comments »