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Summit Ridge Energy and Qcells Expand Historic U.S. Community Solar Partnership with 2 GW Commitment
Largest domestic community solar purchase in history A Summit Ridge Energy community solar project located in Momence, Illinois using domestically manufactured Qcells modules. Summit Ridge Energy and Qcells expand existing partnership to provide the benefits of clean energy to an estimated 200,000 homes and businesses Qcells will produce the majority of solar modules at its […]

ComEd and Summit Ridge Energy Activate Community Solar Projects in Dekalb County
Pollinator-friendly community solar to generate 8.7 MW of renewable energy SANDWICH, Ill. (Dec. 14, 2023) – ComEd and Summit Ridge Energy today announced the completion of three community solar projects in Dekalb County, Ill. This increases the number of community solar projects in ComEd’s northern Illinois region to 103, of which nearly 40% have been […]
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Solar Power World: Castillo Engineering, Summit Ridge Energy start 82-MW community solar portfolio development
A 3-MW community solar project in Morris, Illinois. Summit Ridge Energy Castillo Engineering has been selected by Summit Ridge Energy, a commercial solar contractor, to provide design and engineering services on an 82-MW portfolio of 26 community solar projects in Illinois. Part of the Illinois Shines or Adjustable Block Program, each of the community solar […]

Energy News Network: IRA offers lucrative incentives for low-income community solar, but also creates new challenges
Developers are working to build trust in communities that have long been shut out of the clean energy transition. The Briscoe2A community solar project in LaSalle County, Illinois. Credit: Summit Ridge Energy Community solar is inherently a way to expand equity in solar access, as advocates describe it, since it makes clean energy and savings […]