One year the Illinois Environmental Council reported that I had a 100% voting record on issues that meant the most to the organization.
Now, I find myself wondering if the IEC has sold its soul.
Last week, I published a critique by Terri Rybicki of the Battery Farm zoom session.
Rybicki is the most articulate opponent of the proposed Battery Farm in Prairie Grove.
The IEC is holding an Environmental Leadership Banquet on October 2nd in Chicago.
And just as politicians do when they are holding a fund raiser, the IEC has sought sponsors, peope or organijzaiton who will donate big bucks before such as event.
I asked Rybicki to look at the list of sponsors to see if any are related to Battery Farms.
Here is what she found:
- Jupiter Power A major, stand-alone utility-scale battery energy storage developer with multiple gigawatts of operational and pipeline battery projects across the U.S. power grid.
- Invenergy (: A massive Chicago-based sustainable energy developer that builds, owns, and operates utility-scale solar-plus-storage and standalone battery projects.
- NextEra Energy Resources The world’s largest generator of renewable energy and a major U.S. leader in grid-scale battery storage infrastructure.
- Apex Clean Energy A prominent clean energy developer that actively finances, builds, and operates utility-scale wind, solar, and hybrid lithium-ion battery storage facilities.
Related Clean Energy Developers with Battery Integration
- EDP Renewables A global renewable energy giant developing wind and solar infrastructure, which increasingly co-locates battery storage facilities alongside its projects.
- Sunrun While not a utility-scale “farm” company, they are the largest residential solar and home battery storage (e.g., Tesla Powerwall / solar integration) provider in the country. This company ironically is the company that Pairire Grove School used to put solar panels on their property.
