Mayor Rahm Emanuel announced the Chicago Solar-Ground Mount initiative, a multi-site solar energy development project for city-owned vacant lands.  Approximately 30 acres of land in the communities of Austin, Englewood, West Pullman, Riverdale and South Deering are being offered for solar development. Following City 2017 pledge to transition municipal buildings to 100 percent renewable energy by 2025, this project will serve as a renewable energy catalyst, furthering the Mayor’s commitment to solar power generation within City limits. A request for proposal (RFP) will be issued by Chicago Infrastructure Trust (CIT) on October 1 to solicit developers of ground-mounted photovoltaic solar electric generation systems. Construction is planned to begin in 2019. For more information on the RFP visit www.chicagoinfrastructure.org/initiatives/csgm. Chicago Solar-Ground Mount encourages the development of underutilized city-owned vacant brownfields that have no slated plans for future development. The selected developer(s) will own, operate and maintain the ground-mounted solar systems on the vacant land at no cost to the City.