GRNE completes 2.1-MW Adjustable Block Program solar project for Kendall County, Illinois

Apr 15, 2021 07:07 PM ET
  • GRNE Solar has completed installment and powered on its 2.1-MW solar project for Kendall County, Illinois.

The project lies on an uninhabited 7.4-acre parcel at the Government Center Complex in Yorkville, Illinois. It will certainly be possessed, run as well as kept by GRNE and also will certainly provide power to the Kendall County Public Safety Center, County Judicial Center and also Public Health Department.

"Kendall County is continually looking for methods to decrease our operating costs. This will certainly conserve county taxpayers over $4 million bucks. When Progressive Business Solutions offered a program that permitted us to minimize our costs with no capital investment, we decided it was a great fit for Kendall County and its homeowners," claimed Scott Gryder, Chairman of the Kendall County Board.

Funds were offered in 2019 as well as 2020 from the Adjustable Block Program (ABP) under the Future Energy Jobs Act (FEJA), passed in December of 2016. Location locals, businesses, governmental companies and nonprofits all pay into a renewable energy fund, which is collected on each client's regular monthly ComEd bill. The available funds were highly affordable in that less than 30% of the applications sent received authorization.


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