Would-be solar plant operators search for new funding

MURPHYSBORO — A company proposing to build a $1.7 million solar project in Murphysboro was not the winner of first-round funding to help with that project.

The Vancouver, Canada-headquartered Solar Alliance Energy, Inc., lost the bid in this first round of competitive procurement processes organized by the Illinois Power Agency. The bid for solar was awarded to Prairie State Solar, according to Anthony Star, director of the Illinois Power Agency. The first round of bids was for up to 200,000 renewable energy credits, he said; other competitive procurement processes are planned...