2009 CPEO Brownfields List Archive

From: Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 23 Apr 2009 15:23:25 -0700 (PDT)
Reply: cpeo-brownfields
Subject: [CPEO-BIF] Solar power plant on Chicago's South Side
 
Exelon to build largest U.S. urban solar power plant on Chicago's South Side

ComEd parent looks to stimulus money for 10-megawatt photovoltaic building near 120th and Peoria in West Pullman


BY CHERYL V. JACKSON
Chicago Sun Times
April 23, 2009

ComEd parent Exelon Corp. plans to build the nation's largest urban solar power plant on the city's South Side by year's end.

The $60 million project is expected to create about 200 temporary construction jobs and 10 to 15 permanent positions at the plant. The project is contingent upon Exelon getting a federal loan guarantee for up to 80 percent of its cost under the federal stimulus package that is doling out money for green jobs and emissions reductions.

The planned 10-megawatt solar photovoltaic building would be at an industrial site near 120th and Peoria in the West Pullman neighborhood, Chicago-headquartered Exelon said Wednesday.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.suntimes.com/business/1540009,CST-FIN-solar23.article

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Lenny Siegel
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