Nexamp cuts ribbon on 2.8-MW community solar project in Illinois

• Regional authorities and also residents joined ComEd and Nexamp reps for a ribbon-cutting ceremony at the recently finished French Road Solar project in Burlington on June 2, celebrating the enhancement of a new renewable resource source in northern Illinois.

The project will enable location residents to conserve money on their yearly electric costs with the Nexamp community solar program while concurrently supporting the growth of renewable resource in the march to satisfy the state's enthusiastic clean power goals.

Located regarding 55 miles west of Chicago in the Kane County village of Burlington, the French Road Solar farm features more than 7,000 solar panels creating 2.8 MW of clean energy. It can countering the power requirements of around 400 average homes and offers a variety of advantages to the community, including financial investment, employment opportunities as well as profits for the landowner. It is just one of about 20 Nexamp community solar projects operating or in growth across north Illinois.

" Like several communities throughout northern Illinois, Burlington supplies a perfect setting for community solar and we are grateful for the neighborhood assistance as well as the collaboration with ComEd to bring this project online," said Matt Walsh, director of business growth, Midwest, Nexamp. "Illinois is a national leader in establishing ambitious renewable energy targets that will contribute to significant progress on decarbonization. Community solar is playing an important function as we rethink how we create and distribute energy today."