Record participation in Champaign-Urbana 2022 solar group buy program

URBANA, Ill. (WCIA) — The City of Urbana has reported that a record number of Champaign-Urbana residents participated in this year's Solar Urbana C...

December 6, 2022
4:30 AM

URBANA, Ill. (WCIA) — The City of Urbana has reported that a record number of Champaign-Urbana residents participated in this year's Solar Urbana Champaign solar group buy program. A total of 70 area properties contracted to install clean solar energy, and over 700 kilowatts of new solar energy capacity was installed on area homes and businesses, generating over 844,000 kilowatt-hours of electricity annually, according to the city. Officials explained that this is enough energy to power an average Illinois household for over 96 years.

Noah Nelson