The first solar panels are installed at the Double Black Diamond solar project in central Illinois. Developed by Swift Current Energy, the site will generate nearly 600MW of energy, enough to power 85,000 homes, when completed in fall 2024.
![Swift Current Double Black Diamond solar project in southeast Sangamon County, first day of panel installation Monday, March 20, 2023 near Virden, Ill. [Rich Saal]](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56928768dc5cb46e49d7d804/1680117720440-M92BQDUSDZLDC73ZQ6AO/solar+renewable+energy+electric+grid0003.JPG)
![Swift Current Double Black Diamond solar project in southeast Sangamon County, first day of panel installation Monday, March 20, 2023 near Virden, Ill. [Rich Saal]](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56928768dc5cb46e49d7d804/1680117719436-6H6ZTGI3S0FCTKRGA8X9/solar+renewable+energy+electric+grid0002.JPG)
![Swift Current Double Black Diamond solar project in southeast Sangamon County, first day of panel installation Monday, March 20, 2023 near Virden, Ill. [Rich Saal]](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56928768dc5cb46e49d7d804/1680117719458-SHXF8FED8K7QBQJDT8AW/solar+renewable+energy+electric+grid0001.JPG)
![Swift Current Double Black Diamond solar project in southeast Sangamon County, first day of panel installation Monday, March 20, 2023 near Virden, Ill. [Rich Saal]](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56928768dc5cb46e49d7d804/1680117720851-HB4LU37X7S3VUXGBFEM8/solar+renewable+energy+electric+grid0005.JPG)
![Swift Current Double Black Diamond solar project in southeast Sangamon County, first day of panel installation Monday, March 20, 2023 near Virden, Ill. [Rich Saal]](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56928768dc5cb46e49d7d804/1680117721332-0QV6K3HCFPLZRNPHRF6W/solar+renewable+energy+electric+grid0006.JPG)
![Swift Current Double Black Diamond solar project in southeast Sangamon County, first day of panel installation Monday, March 20, 2023 near Virden, Ill. [Rich Saal]](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56928768dc5cb46e49d7d804/1680117721730-O96TTKNON51HZUYI7HZV/solar+renewable+energy+electric+grid0007.JPG)
![Swift Current Double Black Diamond solar project in southeast Sangamon County, first day of panel installation Monday, March 20, 2023 near Virden, Ill. [Rich Saal]](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56928768dc5cb46e49d7d804/1680117722340-WTLO2XB0FUAEF5IEKP0I/solar+renewable+energy+electric+grid0009.JPG)
![Swift Current Double Black Diamond solar project in southeast Sangamon County, first day of panel installation Monday, March 20, 2023 near Virden, Ill. [Rich Saal]](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56928768dc5cb46e49d7d804/1680117722861-OLOA6CW9UF12946FWLU4/solar+renewable+energy+electric+grid0010.JPG)
![Swift Current Double Black Diamond solar project in southeast Sangamon County, first day of panel installation Monday, March 20, 2023 near Virden, Ill. [Rich Saal]](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56928768dc5cb46e49d7d804/1680117723303-JK356Q4HM50IIFLUF6VS/solar+renewable+energy+electric+grid0012.JPG)
Illinois' biggest solar project is underway