clean energy

A new three-megawatt community solar farm has opened on the Brimfield School District campus, making it the first solar project in Illinois built on public school property as part of a statewide renewable energy initiative.

The head of a relatively new Peoria nonprofit hopes a state grant of close to $1 million will spark investor interest in a proposed affordable housing development with a clean energy component on the city’s South Side.

The company that plans to convert the E.D. Edwards coal plant in Bartonville into a battery-storage facility will receive over $40 million in state grants as an incentive to do so.

Vistra Energy announced it would convert several of its coal-fired power plant sites into renewable energy battery storage soon after the September passage of the Illinois Climate and Equitable Jobs Act.

Reverend Tony Pierce helped steer new energy legislation in Illinois toward a focus on equity.

State Senator Dave Koehler is co-sponsoring legislation to expand clean energy efforts. Lawmakers introduced the Clean Energy Jobs Act Thursday. The plan…

The Future Energy Jobs Act or FEJA is a year old. A bipartisan chorus of elected officials, union and business leaders are heralding it for making a…

Some derided last year’s sweeping energy law as a bailout for power giant Exelon. But it was also a major win for environmentalists — who are now hedging…

Cheerleaders, a pep band, and hundreds of happy Exelon workers welcomed Governor Bruce Rauner to northwest Illinois today (wed). At Riverdale High School…

A Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate is taking issue with the president's Clean Power Plan. AndreaZopp is not a global warming denier."Look, climate…