Community solar + storage project comes online in Illinois

Posted on January 6, 2026 by Ritesh Pothan

Illinois’s first community solar project to be combined with a battery energy storage system in Ameren Illinois territory is now online. A similar project was recently brought online in ComEd territory. Situated in Beardstown, Illinois, the 6.9-MW Beard Solar project is paired with an 11.9-MWh energy storage system owned by Equity Solar Illinois (ESI) and…

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About Ritesh Pothan

Ritesh Pothan, is an accomplished speaker and visionary in the Solar Energy space in India. Ritesh is from an Engineering Background with a Master’s Degree in Technology and had spent more than a decade as the Infrastructure Head for a public limited company with the last 9 years dedicated to Solar and Renewable Energy. He also runs the 2 largest India focused renewable energy groups on LinkedIn - Solar - India and Renewables - India
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