Have you wondered whether solar makes sense for your home or small business? Read about a program that's bringing it home in Champaign County.

Do you own a house, a business, or a farm in Champaign County? If so, you can benefit from a new program sponsored by the City of Urbana that secures a big discount in the price for rooftop solar by bringing consumers together to buy as a group, from a contractor selected through a competitive bidding process.

The opening ceremony came one week after the nearly 21 acre facility began supplying roughtly 2% of electricity used by the University of Illinois Urbana campus.

Photovoltaic solar panels are going up all over Champaign-Urbana, from the Mass Transit District to churches and homes