Passersby spot major rooftop solar build at Illinois storage site as community power project moves ahead

Passersby spot major rooftop solar build at Illinois storage site as community power project moves ahead

What looked like a quiet delivery at an Evanston, Illinois, storage facility has turned into a sizable clean energy project. Workers have begun installing a 408.32-kilowatt rooftop solar system atop a Public Storage facility, with all of its net electricity going to the grid for use as community solar in Cook County. The Evanston RoundTable reported that the project came to light after passersby noticed solar panels being unloaded earlier this m…