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    Reactivate Partners with Walmart and US Bancorp on 7 Community Solar Projects in Illinois and New York

    Feb. 5, 2024
    The seven community solar projects boast a combined capacity of 14.4 MW, which are estimated to avoid more than 667,000 metric tons of CO2 emissions
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    Reactivate, an Invenergy company, has partnered with Walmart and US Bancorp, a US Bank subsidiary, on a new portfolio of seven community solar projects in Illinois and New York.

    The projects will help serve nearly 5,000 low-to-moderate-income residents as well as area public schools, non-profit organizations, affordable housing providers, religious institutions, community recreational centers, and other businesses.

    “Serving our customers and communities is core to our purpose at Walmart, and our support of this high-impact portfolio demonstrates our continued commitment to that purpose. These projects will assist in building a stronger and cleaner grid, expand access to clean energy for underserved communities, and help people save money on their utility bills,” said Frank Palladino, VP of Renewable Energy Strategy at Walmart.

    The seven community solar projects boast a combined capacity of 14.4 MW, which are estimated to avoid more than 667,000 metric tons of CO2 emissions – equivalent to eliminating 748 million pounds of coal burned over the projects’ lifespans.

    Six of the projects will be located throughout Illinois, including Chicago Heights, Ford Heights, Granite City, and Rockford. The New York solar project will be located in Oswego County.

    Low-to-moderate-income customers in Illinois and New York will receive a minimum 20% reduction on their retail electricity costs, and total customer savings from the projects are projected to exceed $17 million over the projects’ lifespans.

    About the Author

    EnergyTech Staff

    Rod Walton is senior editor for EnergyTech.com. He has spent 14 years covering the energy industry as a newspaper and trade journalist.

    Walton formerly was energy writer and business editor at the Tulsa World. Later, he spent six years covering the electricity power sector for Pennwell and Clarion Events. He joined Endeavor and EnergyTech in November 2021.

    He can be reached at [email protected]. 

    EnergyTech is focused on the mission critical and large-scale energy users and their sustainability and resiliency goals. These include the commercial and industrial sectors, as well as the military, universities, data centers and microgrids.

    Many large-scale energy users such as Fortune 500 companies, and mission-critical users such as military bases, universities, healthcare facilities, public safety and data centers, shifting their energy priorities to reach net-zero carbon goals within the coming decades. These include plans for renewable energy power purchase agreements, but also on-site resiliency projects such as microgrids, combined heat and power, rooftop solar, energy storage, digitalization and building efficiency upgrades.