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Job moves at RWE Renewables, Pine Gate, Eos, Summit Ridge Energy, Standard Solar, Sonnedix and more
Jennifer Weinstein was promoted to senior director of corporate operations at Summit Ridge Energy. Summit Ridge recently won the rights to sell renewable energy credits for 18 projects in downstate Illinois Ameren utility territory and 23 in ComEd’s territory in northern Illinois, according to Energy News Network.
Why Pa. should become a ‘community solar’ state
Pennsylvania’s legislators have been hard at work in recent weeks as they grapple with challenges facing the commonwealth as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic. Just about every industry is struggling, but community solar could bring a bright spot of economic opportunity to Pennsylvania if HB 531 and SB 705 were to pass the General Assembly.
Summit Ridge and 1st Source Bank expand partnership in debt and tax equity deal
Summit Ridge Energy (“SRE”) and 1st Source Bank today announced the expansion of their partnership through the bank’s commitment to provide debt and tax equity to fund an additional 8 of SRE’s Illinois community solar projects totaling 23 MWdc.
Town approves bid for 21-acre solar farm at Cutchogue landfill
Southold Town on Tuesday awarded a bid for a solar project at the Cutchogue landfill that officials say they’re confident will materialize. Officials approved a resolution accepting a bid from Summit Ridge Energy, a company based in Arlington Virginia with offices in New York City and Chicago, to construct a 3.5 megawatt solar array and 1 megawatt battery storage facility.
Fulton Solar Project Now Online
One of the first community solar projects in Illinois is now operating in Farmington, just west of Peoria.
Southern Illinois Community Solar Project Becomes the First in the Region
Downstate Illinois has received its first community solar project as part of the 2017 Future Energy Jobs Act.