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Greentech Media: Illinois Awards 215 Megawatts of Community Solar, but Developers Left Hungry

Developers are pushing legislators for more community solar and supporting the Path to 100 Act, legislation to expand the Illinois...

Rockford Register-Star: 5 area solar projects awarded renewable energy credits, 17 wait-listed

Without an expansion of the state program, the remaining projects are in limbo, according to Pete Gray, spokesman for the Path to 100...

Connect Media: SMS Assist Adds Chief Product Officer

SMS Assist hired longtime technology executive Kevin McDunn as chief product officer. McDunn will lead all aspects of the tech platform’s...

Baking Business: C.H. Guenther buys Mid South Baking Company

C.H. Guenther & Son L.L.C. has acquired Mid South Baking Co., supplier of buns and English muffins to quick-service restaurants in the...

Retail & Restaurant Facility Business: SMS Assist hires chief strategy and revenue officer

SMS Assist has hired Graham Blackwell as chief strategy and revenue officer. Blackwell will lead strategy, pricing, marketing and sales...

Energy News Network: Illinois bill seeks to avoid ‘cliff’ in renewable development

Illinois lawmakers are considering a bill called the Path to 100, which would significantly increase the state’s renewable energy targets...

Windpower Engineering & Development: Laborers’ Union joins support of Path to 100 Act

The Laborers’ International Union of North America Midwest Region (LiUNA) has joined the growing coalition of 60 businesses and...

Washington Post: The next money crop for farmers: Solar panels

Across the flatlands of Illinois, a new crop is rising among the traditional waves of grain as farmers increasingly make the same...

Chicago Sun-Times editorial: Illinois could be a leader in clean energy. Let’s not screw it up

Illinois added 1,308 solar jobs last year. But as things stand, we'll fail to reach our goal of getting 25 percent of our energy from...

WTTW: Illinois Defies National Trend by Adding 1,300 Solar Jobs in 2018

Illinois saw a significant increase in solar jobs in 2018, according to the latest National Solar Jobs Census. The recently proposed Path...

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The Republic: Proposed solar farm pledges big bee, butterfly habitat

Canary Media: Nomad’s mobile batteries deliver utility-scale power where it’s needed

NPR: A hydrogen facility that will produce electricity will be constructed in east