Illinois wastewater center turns on 2.6-MW solar farm

• Fox Metro Water Reclamation District stated on Thursday that a 2.6-MW solar farm situated at the site of its wastewater therapy plant in Montgomery, Illinois, is now totally functional.

The solar array will create more than 3.9 million kWh each year, giving some 16% of the plant's power demands. According to the news, the installment will certainly provide more than USD 4 million (EUR 3.3 m) in financial savings over the project life.

Funds for the project were protected from the Illinois Adjustable Block Program under the 2016 Future Energy Jobs Act.

The planetary system will certainly be possessed, run as well as preserved by Midwest solar installer GRNE Solar, which was awarded the project in an ask for proposition (RfP) procedure run by Progressive Energy Solutions as well as Fox Metro.