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Grow Solar Chicagoland 2023 is coming soon

Get ready to go solar in 2023! Grow Solar Chicagoland will be returning to in spring of 2023. Want to follow the program’s progress and be notified when the installer is selected and launch date is confirmed? Use this form to sign up for updates.

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About Grow Solar Chicagoland

Grow Solar Chicagoland is a grassroots residential and commercial group purchasing program for solar. Home and business owners throughout Cook, Will, DuPage, Lake and Kane counties may participate in this program to help pool their buying power to secure significant discounts that make installing solar more affordable. The program builds on previous years of successful programs that helped over 200 local property owners go solar.

The program is offered by the Midwest Renewable Energy Association and Citizens Utility Board, along with Cook, DuPage, Kane & Will Counties, the cities of Chicago, Countryside, Evanston, and Villa Park, the villages of Franklin Park, Oak Park, and Park Forest,  Elmhurst Cool Cities Coalition, Palatine Cool Cities Environmental Team, Elgin Sustainability Commission, Sierra Club of Illinois, Laudato Si’ Ministries of Joliet Diocese, DuPage Clean Energy Coalition, NEST, SAGES of Buffalo Grove, Garfield Ridge Chamber of Commerce, SCARCE, GROW, NWSOFA, the Conservation Foundation, Fox Valley Sustainability Network, Illinois Environmental Council, 350 Chicago, Will County Green, Garfield Park Community Council, Dolton Public Library, Gail Borden Public Library, Maywood Public Library, Northbrook Public Library, Flossmoor Public Library, and Indian Trails Public Library.

Are you ready to start your solar journey?

First, start by attending a Solar Power Hour. In this hour-long presentation you’ll learn the basics of solar, how it can save you money, and how the solar group buy program works. Solar Power Hours will be held virtually and in-person this year: see the schedule below and sign up today!

Next, get a free, no obligation site assessment from our competitively-selected solar installer to get the ball rolling on a custom quote for your property. It’s that easy!

Already attended a Solar Power Hour and ready to schedule a free site assessment? Fill out this short form to either request a site assessment, receive important program updates directly to your inbox, or both. Click the link below!

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Grow Solar Chicagoland will be offered through September 30, 2022. Don’t delay, sign up today!

Want more information about this program? Learn about the MREA’s history of facilitating these programs, the success this program has previously experienced, and a biography for this program’s 2020 installer, Windfree Solar, on our About page.

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Grow Solar Chicagoland Events

Grow Solar events are free and open to the public.

Our series of Solar Power Hours is finished for the year, but you can still watch a recorded presentation! Follow this link or visit our Facebook page (facebook.com/growsolarchicagoland) to watch the recording.

Help spread the word! The only way this program is successful is through community- led outreach. Please considering sharing with your networks because the more people who go solar through the program, the lower the price for all.

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Want to see more solar in the Chicagoland area? Help us get the word out about the Solarize Chicagoland program! Check out our media kit for easily shareable social media and email language and graphics. Thanks for helping grow solar!

SPREAD THE WORD

Need more information about this program? Learn about the MREA’s history of facilitating these programs, the success this program has previously experienced, and a biography for this program’s installer, Windfree Solar, on our About page.

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Ready to schedule a site assessment or wanting to receive important program updates? Fill out this short form to either request a free, no obligation site assessment with Windfree Solar, receive important program updates directly to your inbox, or both.

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One Program, Big Impact

2022 marks the third year for the Grow Solar Chicagoland program. Since 2019, the environmental impact has been huge. Each year, the PV systems installed through this program will singlehandedly avoid greenhouse gas emissions equivalent to 2,962,653 lbs. of CO2. So, thank you to you for making this program successful year after year and for helping to keep our part of the state beautiful, clean, and healthy.

Since 2019:

3,059 people attended Solar Power Hours

281 properties added solar

2008 kilowatts of solar have been installed

Every year, that’s like avoiding:

4,238,717 miles driven by the average passenger vehicle

1,889,350 lbs. of coal burned

OR like 73,916 trash bags recycled rather than landfilled

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