solar power

The solar farms would be owned by a variety of private companies and would be scattered around the city.

Alliant Energy will install 300,000 solar panels for its Wever Solar project.

The plan calls for solar panels to cover 230 acres of land near Wever that would generate 150 megawatts of energy.

Democratic lawmakers in Illinois are again re-introducing the so-called Clean Energy Jobs Act, renewing the effort for comprehensive legislation to…

Clean energy advocates are crying foul after Ameren Illinois ended its solar credit program for new solar customers earlier this month, even after state...

Rural counties are facing a lot of heat over Illinois’ booming solar power development. The big push started in late 2016 when the state legislature...

Sunrise Energy Ventures wants to build a solar garden in Macomb. The Macomb City Council has signed off on the idea by approving the sale of 17 acres to…

A renewable energy provider is interested in purchasing the last land available in Macomb's business park. Mayor Mike Inman said Sunrise Energy Ventures…

Sofia Tagkaloglou is part of a student group that was inspired during an Environmental Studies course to try bringing solar energy to the Knox College…

By some estimates, producing our food consumes about a fifth of the nation's energy supply. It takes a lot of diesel to move tractors and semis around the…