Solar Within City Limits

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Tom O'Neill (in suit) develops new businesses for Exelon, an energy company best known for its fleet of nuclear power stations. The Chicago solar project is the company's largest to date. (Photo by Shawn Allee)

There's a commercial-scale solar project that's getting some buzz in Chicago and beyond. The builders promise to use up some abandoned industrial space within the city limits... and hope to provide some local jobs. City governments across the country like both of those ideas. Shawn Allee looks at why this urban solar project's falling into place, and whether it might get repeated across the country:

An article on the project from the Chicago Tribune

A media release from Exelon on the project

Consulting firm New Energy Finance

Producer: Shawn Allee
Release Date: October 27, 2009
Running Time: 3:35