Eco Factor: Solar photovoltaic plant to generate 14,000MWh of renewable electricity.
Illinois-based Exelon Power has unveiled the nation’s largest urban solar power plant in Chicago. The project, called Exelon City Solar, has been built at the cost of $60 million and carries 32,292 solar photovoltaic panels to convert solar energy into usable electricity.
With an output of 14,000MWh, the solar plant can meet the annual energy requirements of up to 1500 average homes, while generating zero carbon emissions. Exelon City Solar advances the company’s efforts to actively address climate change through Exelon 2020, an environmental and business strategy to reduce, offset or displace more than 15 million metric tons of greenhouse gas emissions per year by 2020.
Via: Cooler Planet
