Category: Energy

  • Illinois Energy Storage Legislation: New Opportunities for Grid Stability and Customer Savings

    Illinois has passed landmark energy legislation that will transform the state’s electrical grid while creating new opportunities for consumers to control their energy costs. Senate Bill 25, the Clean and Reliable Grid Affordability Act (CRGA), places energy storage at the center of Illinois’ energy future. Greenleaf Advisors and its partners, such as Intelligent Generation, deliver…

  • Greenleaf Advisors Partners with Solarge USA to Bring Revolutionary Circular Solar Technology to US Market

    Greenleaf Advisors Partners with Solarge USA to Bring Revolutionary Circular Solar Technology to US Market

    Strategic partnership introduces lightweight, fully recyclable solar panels addressing critical gaps in commercial and industrial applications. Greenleaf Advisors is partnering with Solarge, a Netherlands-based solar module manufacturer, to introduce circular, sustainable solar panels to the United States market. The collaboration addresses longstanding challenges in the solar industry while dramatically reducing lifecycle environmental impact. Solarge’s patented…

  • Sustainable Infrastructure Solutions at SRI Congress 2025

    Sustainable Infrastructure Solutions at SRI Congress 2025

    Greenleaf Communities and Greenleaf Advisors convened expert partners to address innovative solutions on climate, water, energy and natural resources challenges.

  • Our Power, Our Planet: Harnessing Distributed Energy for a Sustainable Future This Earth Day

    This Earth Day, as we reflect on the vital connection between Our Power and Our Planet, the opportunity to forge a cleaner, more resilient energy future lies increasingly in our own hands – and on our own rooftops. The rise of distributed energy resources (DERs), particularly solar photovoltaic (PV) systems coupled with energy storage, presents…

  • Greenleaf and Intelligent Generation Present DOE Webinar on C&I Energy Storage

    Greenleaf Director Ben Bezark presented with Marc Thrum of Intelligent Generation for the Department of Energy and the Midwest Cogen Association as part of their Midwest Onsite Energy Technical Assistance Program. Prior to 2024, this DOE technical assistance program focused specifically on increasing adoption of combined heat and power (CHP) technologies. The program has broadened…

  • G&W Electric Innovative Microgrid Recognized by State and Utility Leaders

    G&W Electric Innovative Microgrid Recognized by State and Utility Leaders

    G&W Electric, a leading provider of transmission and distribution system electrical equipment, was recognized by Governor JB Pritzker and Comed utility leadership for its innovative manufacturing campus microgrid. Elements of the G&W Electric microgrid have been incentivized by the state of Illinois through the 2021 Climate and Equitable Jobs Act, a measure intended to move…

  • Greenleaf is advancing a healthy and sustainable world – Winter Update

    Greenleaf Advisors LLC and Greenleaf Communities NFP advance a healthy and sustainable world, applying multi-disciplinary science to policy and practices to address climate change, environmental justice, energy, sustainable land use, and freshwater resources. In 2023 with our partners, we accelerated the transition to a more sustainable world, with the imperative to address climate change central to our work.…

  • The Energy Transition Forum: Generation/Delivery of Decarbonized Electricity to the Grid

    Greenleaf’s board member John Jimison and his colleagues at the Energy Transition Forum (ETF), led by Founder Miriam Maes, convened in Chicago last month with international leadership from industry, governments, and academia to discuss challenges and solutions for a timely and responsible transition to a secure, low-carbon, affordable energy future. Participants included representatives from the…

  • Blacks in Green (BIG) + Partners win historic EPA Region 5 Technical Assistance Center grant!

    Greenleaf Advisors and Greenleaf Communities congratulate Blacks in Green (BIG) + Partners for being selected by the US EPA to serve as an Environmental Justice Thriving Communities Technical Assistance Center (TCTAC) in Region 5.  This is a historic win for frontline and community-based organizations, honoring their on-the-ground leadership and expertise. The coalition will bring $10M in…

  • Give Us Hope – Winter Update

    The effects of climate change are being experienced worldwide and existing efforts and pledges are insufficient to address the challenge. Our children and grandchildren will be harmed and many people around the world will experience unprecedented devastation. Continuing to go down this collision course as warned by the Secretary General of the UN is unacceptable.…