Lightfoot aims to transition city-run buildings to 100% renewable power.
Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker, left, and Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot, discusses the City of Chicago Renewable Energy plan Monday.
As part of a contract with retail electricity supplier Constellation, the city will buy solar energy that will partially power Chicago’s airports, the Harold Washington Library Center and the Jardine Water Purification Plant starting in 2025, the city said.The energy will come from a new solar generation installation currently being developed by Swift Current Energy in Sangamon and Morgan counties downstate, the city said.
The announcement comes months after Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed legislation that aims to put Illinois on a path to 100% carbon-free energy by 2050, with coal, oil and natural gas power plants scheduled to close over the coming decades. It also seeks to boost the development of wind and solar energy across the state, put more electric vehicles on the road and make it easier for Black and Latino workers and businesses to enter the renewable energy industry.
Pritzker and Lightfoot celebrated Chicago’s partnership with Constellation in a rare show of synergy between two elected officials who are in the midst of reelection bids. Pritzker said the solar energy project would create nearly 1,000 new jobs.
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