ENGIE collaborates with Microsoft and Solstice to accelerate access to community solar for under-resourced communities in Illinois
Houston, Aug. 14, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- ENGIE North America (ENGIE) is collaborating with Microsoft on the development of two community solar projects in Illinois that will serve historically excluded communities and significantly reduce electricity costs for them.
- Houston, Aug. 14, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- ENGIE North America (ENGIE) is collaborating with Microsoft on the development of two community solar projects in Illinois that will serve historically excluded communities and significantly reduce electricity costs for them.
- ENGIE will develop, construct, and operate two new community solar gardens, one in Lena, IL west of Rockford, and a second in downstate Illinois.
- ENGIE and Microsoft will work with leading community solar provider, Solstice , who engages directly with residents, businesses, and community organizations to enroll and manage community solar customers with local community gardens like the ones in Lena and downstate Illinois.
- In Illinois, community solar projects were enabled through the 2016 Future Energy Jobs Act (FEJA) and subsequent 2021 Climate and Equitable Jobs Act (CEJA).