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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
Dan Gearino | Inside Climate News

One of the nation’s largest solar energy projects, being built near Springfield, will provide electricity to Chicago city properties

Solar panels are installed at the Double Black Diamond Solar farm near downstate Virden in Sangamon County, which will be one of the largest solar power plants in the country. (Rich Saal / Inside Climate News)

The largest solar arrays operating in the United States are located in the kinds of sunny states you would expect — California, Texas and Arizona. But a project that began construction last month near Springfield and that will provide electricity to Chicago is going to be about as large or larger than all of them.

The 593-megawatt Double Black Diamond Solar farm near Springfield is being built by Swift Current Energy of Boston.

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