Clearway starts construction on 6 Illinois community solar projects

• Clearway Energy Group introduced that building and construction is now underway on six of its Illinois neighborhood solar projects, totaling 18 MW of Clearway's 60-MW Illinois community solar portfolio.

The projects belong to an 18-project, 54-MW portfolio sold to Clearway in 2019 under a master acquisition arrangement with Cypress Creek Renewables, which acted as the producer as well as early-stage designer for most of Clearway's Illinois neighborhood solar portfolio. Clearway recently introduced that 4 other Illinois neighborhood solar projects from this master acquisition agreement have begun on building and construction also.

" This master purchase arrangement noted a landmark for Cypress Creek in our mission to come to be a leading area solar designer in Illinois," said Brian Matthay, primary investment officer for Cypress Creek Renewables. "It's important to Cypress Creek that solar energy is budget friendly and available to all, and our concentrate on area solar in Illinois and various other regions shows our business's dedication to equitable tidy power gain access to-- a commitment that we show to our companions at Clearway."

The projects are sustained by the Illinois Shines Community Solar Program, which was developed as part of the Future Energy Jobs Act. Clearway's neighborhood solar portfolio in Illinois will develop more than 70 jobs during construction along with long-term positions as soon as running, representing a considerable economic investment in the state.

" Community solar is uniquely placed to give every person access to tidy, cost-saving sustainable power," said Craig Cornelius, CEO of Clearway Energy Group. "We're honored to lead the growth of this growing sector and also to companion with Cypress Creek to ensure that the twenty-first century energy economic situation is fair as well as carbon-free. In the recurring movement to attend to environment modification, solar projects like these will certainly aid Illinois do well because initiative."

As soon as full in 2021, the six community solar ranches will certainly serve greater than almost 2,160 domestic and commercial customers in the ComEd and Ameren service regions in DeKalb, Macoupin, McLean and also Will counties.

Participants obtain solar expense credits that lower their electricity supply charges, with total guaranteed expense savings. In May, Clearway revealed that Northwestern University would become its very first significant institutional neighborhood solar client in Illinois and also obtain bill credit histories produced from projects that consist of those announced today.