ComEd’s green energy innovation is partnering with historic Bronzeville

By Jillian Melero Medill Reports Bronzeville, the South Side home of Chicago’s Black Renaissance and the birthplace of Black History Month, hopes to launch its next Golden Age with support from a smart microgrid being installed by utility ComEd. The microgrid will tap green energy to help power the community. Once completed in 2019, the […]

Partnership between ComEd and Bronzeville creates new opportunities on the South Side

by Jillian Melero Medill Reports Paula Robinson has been president of Bronzeville’s Community Development Partnership, a neighborhood advisory group, for 29 years. She co-founded the Urban Innovation Center, a business incubator focused on tourism, technology, and transportation, with Bruce Montgomery in 2006. Between her roles in community development and technology innovation, Robinson has been a […]

U.S. green energy policy could reap results – Germany’s policy shows the promise

By Jillian Melero Medill Reports Tapping into wind and solar and other green energy technologies, the U.S. can produce 80 percent of its electricity from renewable sources by 2050, compared to 17 percent in 2017. That’s the conclusion of a study conducted by the Department of Energy in 2012. And the transition is a necessary step […]