CHICAGO – Balance Solar, LLC has been awarded two of 27 awards totaling $23 million through the Equitable Energy Future Grant Program as part of a larger strategy to equitably grow the clean energy workforce in Illinois through the landmark Climate and Equitable Jobs Act.
Gov. JB Pritzker and the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity made that announcement Thursday.
One of the company’s grants worth almost $1 million will be used for a project at Crossroads Hospital in Mt. Vernon.
Additionally, the Governor announced $25.5 million available in grant funding for the third round of the Equitable Energy Future Grant Program to support renewable energy projects in historically underserved communities. Grantees will be selected through a competitive Notice of Funding Opportunity process.
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