/technologies/power-management/b/blog/posts/largest-solar-plant-facility-under-construction-in-illinois(Image Credit: Michael_Pointner/ pixabay ) Swift Current Energy has started building the Double Black Diamond Solar Facility , the largest solar project in southern Illinois. Once complete, the solar facility expects to produce 800 megawatts of electrien-USTelligent Community 12https://community.element14.com/technologies/power-management/b/blog/posts/largest-solar-plant-facility-under-construction-in-illinoisWed, 02 Oct 2024 13:46:34 GMT93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:563cec3e-b556-46e6-8da5-f821a3d8c4ccrobogary0<p>Neat story - I searched for details about the &quot;american&quot; solar panels, provider of the control system,&nbsp;DCS hardware vendor, power conversion hardware vendor, etc.&nbsp; &nbsp;Did see the solar panels used are the ones with cells on both the front and underside. The claim to fame is the panel aiming system to tilt the panels to stay out of the shadow of the panel row in front of it, rather than stay perpendicular to the sunshine.&nbsp;<a id="" href="https://www.nextracker.com/blog/energy-insights/closing-the-reality-gap-optimizing-solar-plants-performance-with-shade-loss-mitigation/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank" data-e14adj="t">https://www.nextracker.com/blog/energy-insights/closing-the-reality-gap-optimizing-solar-plants-performance-with-shade-loss-mitigation/</a></p><img src="https://community.element14.com/aggbug?PostID=28386&AppID=4&AppType=Weblog&ContentType=0" width="1" height="1">