The Illinois Finance Authority, in its role as Illinois’ Climate Bank, is pleased to release its plan for the Community Geothermal Planning + Pilots Program. The program is designed to accelerate the deployment of commu...
The Illinois Finance Authority (IFA) is pleased to announce the recent successful closing on a $15 million loan to Pasqal, a French company and leader in quantum computing. Pasqal will establish their U.S. headquarters as a f...
At 5:00pm on August 7, 2025, the Illinois Finance Authority/Climate Bank received a letter from the U.S. EPA stating that it is terminating the Solar for All program. We are evaluating our options and our obligations under th...
The Illinois Finance Authority, in its role as Illinois’ Climate Bank, has released a Request for Information (RFI) for the Community Geothermal Planning + Pilots Program. This draft framework outlines a proposed two-phase ap...
The Illinois Finance Authority, in its role as Illinois’ Climate Bank, is pleased to release its second Notice of Funding Opportunity to support municipal and cooperative utilities in transitioning to cleaner energy sou...
The Illinois Finance Authority, in its role as Illinois’ Climate Bank, is pleased to release its second Notice of Funding Opportunity to support units of local governments in adopting and implementing the 2023 Illinois ...
The Illinois Finance Authority, in its role as Illinois’ Climate Bank, is pleased to release a Notice of Funding Opportunity to support units of government that would like to adopt SolarAPP+ residential solar permitting softw...
On May 19, 2025 Illinois Finance Authority (IFA), in its capacity as the Illinois Climate Bank (CB), posted a new Notice of Funding Opportunity IFA-GRID-02 (NOFO). With this NOFO IFA/CB invites project proposals under Illinoi...
The Small Utility Clean Energy Planning Grant Program is designed to support Illinois’ municipal and cooperative electric utilities in aligning their power supply planning with the state’s goal of achieving 100% carbon-free e...
The Illinois Climate Bank is offering competitive grants to municipalities and nonprofits to: (1) provide intensive outreach and assistance to residents with low incomes applying for the Illinois Solar for All’s (ILSFA) Resid...