Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises, Inc. announced that its subsidiary, Babcock & Wilcox Solar Energy, Inc., has been awarded contracts totaling more than $15 million by Summit Ridge Energy, LLC (SRE), a leading commercial solar company in the U.S., to engineer, procure and construct five community solar power installations in Illinois. B&W will also manage subcontractors, site coordination and supervision and the electrical tie-ins to the grid. The projects, totaling approximately 15 megawatts, are scheduled for completion in 2023.

This is the second set of contracts awarded to B&W by SRE, which is the solar energy market leader in Illinois. In August 2022, B&W was awarded contracts totaling more than $20 million to build seven photovoltaic solar farms. B&W's solar expertise is demonstrated in the reliability of system design and construction, verified solar production and optimized system integration, as well as being named one of the top 30 EPC contractors in the U.S. solar industry by Solar Power World.