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Trajectory Energy Partners and Summit Ridge Energy broke ground on 8/27/2024 for a 35-acre community solar farm which is expected to be completed in June 2025. The solar farm will consist of 20,000 solar panels producing 6.2 megawatts of electricity for business and residential ‘subscribers.’ OSF HealthCare is the anchor subscriber for Rock Cut Solar. The project is expected to cost $10 million and will take advantage of the robust solar incentives offered in Illinois as a result of the Climate and Equitable Jobs Act (CEJA) which was passed in 2021. About 60% of the labor for the project will be locally sourced and the projects developers will make a number of cash grants to Rockford area organizations such as Rockford Habitat for Humanity ($100,000).
Trajectory Energy Partners contracted with Sustain Rockford to assist with this project by convening several meetings with nonprofits in northwest Rockford for the purpose of exploring ways in which Rock Cut Solar could leverage other sustainability projects and efforts in northwest Rockford. Community solar is a way for businesses, organizations and residents to ‘get solar’ without having it on their own roof or property.
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