Oglesby Mayor Dominic Rivara believes now’s a great time to move ahead with plans to make the city home to a solar energy generation station. He’s proposing a 1.5 megawatt solar farm by Illinois Valley Community College. And he says a 1.0 megawatt operation could go behind the fire and ambulance station.
The state has been gearing toward renewable energy for several years now. But lately, it’s looking to speed things up and nuclear power’s future is looking fuzzy.