Our next meeting will be Nov. 14, 2019 from 1:30 to 3:00 PM at the Palmer House Hilton in Rm Salon 1. Contact Tim Montague tmontague@cecco.com | 217.722.0429 m for more information. Register
Background
A group of Illinois solar industry professional, solar developers, landscape architects, engineers, and consultants launched the Illinois Pollinator & Wildlife Friendly Solar Farm Working Group in March of 2019. We meet every other month mostly by conference/video call and sometimes in-person. The emphasis is to share mutually beneficial best practices, review the pollinator checklist, and discuss best practices to make solar farms as environmentally friendly as possible. We welcome additional participants.
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Upcoming Meetings Dates/Times:
Nov 14, 2019 | 1:30 – 3:00 PM Palmer House Hilton, Chicago | Register | It’s free but space is limited to 20 people.
Sep 12, 2019 01:30 PM – Gavin Meinschein, Civil Engineer at Engie Distributed Solar will present on Engie/SoCore’s experience developing best practices in a various eco-regions of the US.
2020 Meeting Schedule:
Jan 9, Mar. 12, May 14, July 9, Sept. 10, Nov. 12, 2020
Register above to receive email invitations and updates
Company | URL |
Applied Ecological Services | www.appliedeco.com |
Arc Perspectives | www.arcperspectives.com |
Bluestem Ecological | www.bluestemeco.com |
Center for Pollinators in Energy | https://fresh-energy.org/beeslovesolar/ |
Continental Electrical | www.cecco.com |
The Environmental Defenders of McHenry County | www.mcdef.org |
FDC Enterprises | www.fdcenterprises.com |
HBK Engineering | www.hbkengineering.com |
Huff & Huff / GZA | www.huffnhuff.com |
Joliet Jr. College | https://www.jjc.edu/campus-life/sustainability |
Pheasants Forever | pfhabitatstore.com |
Pizzo and Associates, LTD | www.pizzo.info |
Prairie Rivers Network | www.prairierivers.org |
Solar Shift | www.mysolarshift.com |
Soltage | www.soltage.com |
Stantec | www.stantec.com |
University of Illinois | www.publish.illinois.edu/dolezalbeelab |
Resources:
The Environmental Defenders of McHenry County hosted a “Planting Native Under Solar” workshop on April 4, 2019. Many people in the industry spoke at this workshop, covering a wide variety of subjects. Native Plants on Solar Farm Workshop Recording
You can also email Tim Montague tmontague@cecco.com to get more information. Montague is the host of the monthly webinar, Solar Works for Illinois. If you have ideas for topics/guests on that show please contact Tim directly.
Thank you for your interest in growing the Illinois Solar industry!
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