Yeoman Photo voltaic in Waukegan, Illinois.
CleanCapital introduced the upcoming completion of two brownfield photo voltaic improvement initiatives — Yeoman Photo voltaic in Waukegan, Illinois, and Little Elk Photo voltaic in Elkton, Maryland.
Set to be positioned in service on the finish of 2025, the Yeoman photo voltaic undertaking is a 9.15-MW neighborhood photo voltaic undertaking constructed on the Yeoman Creek Landfill Superfund website, a location present process environmental remediation. The Waukegan Neighborhood Unit College District No. 60 owns the portion of the EPA Superfund website being reworked into an power era hub. Taking part within the Illinois Photo voltaic for All Low-Revenue Neighborhood Photo voltaic Pilot Program, the Yeoman photo voltaic undertaking will present low-income Waukegan households with 50% discounted electrical energy credit, saving every subscriber an estimated $400 yearly. CleanCapital has partnered with PowerMarket to handle subscriber engagement and enrollment and has prolonged the anchor subscription alternative to the Waukegan Neighborhood Unit College District No. 60, additional strengthening neighborhood ties.
“The Yeoman photo voltaic undertaking is the most important neighborhood photo voltaic facility in ComEd service territory, and its completion is a serious milestone for CleanCapital, in addition to for Waukegan-area prospects trying to cut back their power prices,” stated Gil Quiniones, president and CEO of ComEd. “We look ahead to persevering with to accomplice with CleanCapital as the corporate brings extra renewable power onto the grid for the good thing about ComEd prospects.”
The Little Elk Photo voltaic Challenge, with a capability of 822 kW, can be scheduled to be positioned in service by the top of 2025. Situated on an EPA Superfund website, previously dwelling to a paper mill and solvent recycling services, this undertaking marks a big step in repurposing contaminated land for clear power era. Earlier than improvement started, this undertaking was acquired by CleanCapital as a part of its acquisition of BQ Power, a long-time nationwide chief in landfill and brownfield renewable power improvement Little Elk Photo voltaic is anticipated to provide an annual output of 1,084 MWh and can present power beneath the Maryland Neighborhood Photo voltaic Power Technology System Pilot Program, with at the least 50% of its power devoted to serving low-to-moderate revenue (LMI) prospects within the Delmarva territory.
“Each of those photo voltaic initiatives underscore the transformative potential of creating brownfields and Superfund websites into productive, renewable power era belongings,” stated Paul Curran, chief improvement officer at CleanCapital. “Initiatives like these are what our staff at CleanCapital get pleasure from investing in and creating as a result of it is going to deliver reasonably priced and dependable power to these within the native communities, serving to to scale back their month-to-month utility invoice.”
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