Illinois’’ “Prairie Solar” and the Politics of Subnational Solar Energy

• In Event: The Politics of Local Responses to Environmental Problems

Brief Overview

Through in-depth interview and qualitative content analysis, we develop a case study assessment of an emerging subnational policy conflict: a proposed utility-sized solar facility in southern Illinois.

Authors

• Heather W. Cann, Franklin and Marshall College

• Rhea Bridgeland, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

• McKenzie Johnson, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign