Will County clears airport-sized solar project promising 600 MW and 1,000 jobs

Will County clears airport-sized solar project promising 600 MW and 1,000 jobs

In Illinois, Will County officials have signed off on Earthrise Energy's Pride of the Prairie proposal, a planned 600-megawatt solar development that, if built as proposed, would cover 11.9 square miles — about the size of Chicago O'Hare International Airport — and support roughly 1,000 jobs. What happened? By approving a special-use permit, the Will County Board cleared an important local hurdle for Pride of the Prairie, which is one of the Mid…