Solar Power

The Normal Town Council also approved a solar addition at Heartland Community College, updates to park signage and heard updates on the town's strategic plan.

Those inside the renewable energy sector find themselves at a crossroads as the GOP's massive tax cut and spending bill will sunset tax credits and incentives from the industry. Those groups now face the difficult decision of how to handle environmental projects which are usually years in the making.

Ecology Action Center in Normal is bringing back a program to McLean County that offers residents solar panel installation below market cost. The program also available to DeWitt County residents is a group buy program called the Grow Solar Initiative.

Illinois’ energy demand will outmatch its supply by 2030, according to a Power Bureau study. That's why some lawmakers are trying to end a 40-year moratorium on the construction of large-scale nuclear reactors.

The Ecology Action Center in Normal urges Bloomington-Normal residents to stay in the municipal electric aggregation program even with hefty rate increases coming this summer.

The county will take proposals that award a maximum of $50,000 to each fire protection district.

The McLean County Board approved a $3.2 million contract to renovate the 50-year-old nursing home, and address alternative energy projects and other matters.

The head of a local Bloomington-Normal solar installation company said state and federal incentives make Illinois one of the strongest to go solar.

Representatives from solar energy companies have been spotted making door-to-door sales in the Bloomington-Normal area. Not really.

Illinois State University’s Solar Car team came away with two top three finishes at two prominent solar car races. Third place at both the Formula Sun Grand Prix and the American Solar Challenge are milestones for ISU.