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In recent years, solar deployment has skyrocketed for a number of reasons—increased energy requirements, greater availability of incentives, lower costs, improved technology, more investment, ambitious climate targets—and solar farms have grown larger and more widespread as a result. With huge utility...
States such as Illinois, which have set ambitious targets for wind and solarenergy, are feeling the impact as well. A 2023 Natural Resources Defense Council report found that the PJM grid-connection process isn't currently getting new wind and solar farms online fast enough to put Illinois on ...
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As Northern Illinois prepares for a once-in-a-lifetime total solar eclipse on April 8, 2024, these are the times it is expected to take place.
The total solar eclipse that will be visible in Illinois on Monday, April 8, 2024 is a phenomenon we won't get to see so brilliantly until 2044, so everyone should make sure they don't miss it! Watching the Total Solar Eclipse in Illinois ...
Solar farms, often built in remote locations with no regular human presence, will need even more security. Extended perimeter security solutions, such as thermal cameras and compact surveillance radars, capable of detecting and deterring possible threats before they can do harm, will be need...
In many cases, these are community solar projects. Also referred to as solar farms, shared solar, solar gardens, or roofless solar, a community solar project is a large, central power plant that generates electricity for the grid. Unlike utility-scale solar, private developers or, in some ...
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The company is also finding answers for how to protect insect pollinators and install solar panels through a study partnership with the University of Illinois Chicago’s Energy Resources Center (UIC-ERC), which started in 2022. According to a study, pollinator habitats were put in five extensive...