December 17, 2018    |   back to news

Bronzeville, the South Side home of Chicago's Black Renaissance and the birthplace of Black History Month, hopes to launch its next Golden Age with support from a smart microgrid being installed by utility ComEd. The microgrid will tap green energy to help power the community.

Once completed in 2019, the grid will have a load, or active consumption capacity of 7 megawatts, installed over two phases with the energy generated from its own resources including solar panels.

To read full story by Jillian Melero in Medill Reports Chicago, click here