Illinois

Carbon-free buildings

In Chicago, all city buildings now use 100 percent clean power

Chicago is one of several U.S. cities that are taking advantage of their bulk-buying power to spur new carbon-free energy development and meet climate targets.

By Juanpablo Ramirez-Franco . 10 January 2025
ENN

Department of Energy funding to boost community-led geothermal projects

Chicago and Boston nonprofits focused on an equitable transition from fossil fuels are among the five recipients.

By Audrey Henderson . 20 December 2024
ENN

Great Lakes ports will get a share of U.S. EPA funding to move shipping off fossil fuels

The U.S. EPA recently announced funding for clean energy and electrification projects at shipping ports in Cleveland, Detroit and Chicago.

By Kathiann M. Kowalski . 8 November 2024
Solar

This farmer was skeptical about solar — until he began grazing sheep

Illinois farmer Trent Gerlach had misgivings about solar panels taking up cropland, but he saw a chance to try agrivoltaics, a practice catching on around the US.

By Kari Lydersen . 15 October 2024
ENN

Illinois program’s ‘wraparound’ approach helps formerly incarcerated people land solar industry jobs

The Renewing Sovereignty Project, which provides social and financial support for participants leaving the justice system, had a 100% placement rate in its first year.

By Audrey Henderson . 1 October 2024
ENN

No longer a niche, Passive House standards becoming a solution for highly efficient affordable housing

Developers say material costs are coming down, but building highly efficient housing still requires a shift in mindset to long-term benefits.

By Audrey Henderson . 4 September 2024
ENN

Study suggests a big role for grid battery storage as Illinois shutters its coal power plants

Transmission and renewables aren’t being built quickly enough to allow fossil fuel plants to close by state deadline, experts argue. Storage appears to be the most realistic path, a new analysis finds.

By Kari Lydersen . 22 August 2024
ENN

‘The sky is the limit’: Solar program opens new opportunities for Chicago trainees

548 Foundation helps Illinois reach equity goals, while connecting employers with desperately needed highly-trained workers.

By Kari Lydersen . 12 August 2024
ENN

Counting trucks, demanding change: Chicago project aims to quantify heavy-duty vehicle impacts

Community organizers are using cameras and software to count the number and type of vehicles, bicycles and pedestrians at key intersections to help lobby for electrification and pollution mitigation.

By Kari Lydersen . 2 July 2024
ENN

A Chicago advocate builds climate resilience, one green space at a time

Annamaria Leon is devoted to building community in her adopted neighborhood, despite being a relative newcomer.

By Audrey Henderson . 14 June 2024

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Illinois

In Chicago, all city buildings now use 100 percent clean power

Department of Energy funding to boost community-led geothermal projects

Great Lakes ports will get a share of U.S. EPA funding to move shipping off fossil fuels

This farmer was skeptical about solar — until he began grazing sheep

Illinois program’s ‘wraparound’ approach helps formerly incarcerated people land solar industry jobs

No longer a niche, Passive House standards becoming a solution for highly efficient affordable housing

Study suggests a big role for grid battery storage as Illinois shutters its coal power plants

‘The sky is the limit’: Solar program opens new opportunities for Chicago trainees

Counting trucks, demanding change: Chicago project aims to quantify heavy-duty vehicle impacts

A Chicago advocate builds climate resilience, one green space at a time