Continental Energy Solutions

Continental Energy Solutions is an American solar energy company in Oak Brook, IL. It is a commercial solar installer that designs, installs, and maintains solar photovoltaic (PV) systems for rooftop and ground. As of 2020, it has built over 100 solar PV projects and 40 megawatts of solar including installations on big box retail, warehouse, manufacturing, schools and college campuses.
Founded in 2009, it was initially started as a division of Continental Electrical Construction Company. The company is the largest solar installer and solar contractor in Illinois.
== History ==
In 2009, electrical construction company Continental Electrical Construction started and incorporated a new, solar division of the company, Continental Energy Solutions. Continental Electrical Construction is a fourth generation family business owned and operated by David and Steven Witz. Continental Energy Solutions was established by Brian Haug, a 25 year veteran of Continental Electrical Construction. Haug started his career as a project manager and was managing the company's Naperville office prior to starting Continental Energy Solutions, the solar division. He started the renewable energy division, which was incorporated as an independent company Continental Energy Solutions LLC in January 2020.
Continental installed several of the first and largest retail rooftop solar arrays, including two IKEA stores in Chicagoland and the IKEA Joliet Warehouse which was the largest rooftop solar array in the Midwest at the time of its installation in 2017. By 2012 the company saw growth and became the largest commercial industrial solar company and commercial solar installer in Illinois. By January 2020, Continental has installed over 100 projects and over 40 megawatts of rooftop and ground Mount solar, including the two largest rooftop arrays in the Midwest, Ikea Joliet Distribution Center and Magid Glove in Romeoville.
== Products and services ==
Continental Energy Solutions offers professional design, engineering, and installation of commercial and industrial solar PV projects in Illinois and Midwest. 
===Capabilities===
* Commercial & Industrial Solar PV
* Solar & Battery Storage Systems
* Electric Vehicle Chargers
* Design & Build
* On Grid / Off-grid Solutions
* Microgrids
== Major installations ==
Company 	Product 	Location 	Notes
Simmons Knife & Saw 	Roof Mount 	Glendale Heights, IL 	437 kW DC solar array
Minerallac 	Ground Mount 	Hampshire IL 	1.3 acre solar farm (350 kW DC)
ABT Electronics 	Solar & Battery Storage 	Glenview, IL 	516 kW & ESS
Northwestern University 	Roof Mount 	Evanston, IL 	81 kW
IKEA Joliet Distribution Center 	Roof Mount 	Joliet, IL 	2.3 MW
University of Illinois, Wasaja Hall	Roof Mount 	Champaign, IL 	33 kW
Oakton Community College 	Roof Mount 	Des Plaines, IL 	26 kW
NCC 	Roof Mount, Solar & Battery Storage	Naperville, IL 	563 kW
IKEA Bolingbrook & Schaumburg 	Roof Mount 	Schaumburg, Bolingbrook	1.99 MW
Grayslake District 127 High School 	Ground Mount, Roof Mount 	Grayslake, IL 	2.76 MW
Clarke Environmental 	Roof Mount 	St. Charles, IL 	119 k
==In the media==
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==References==
==External links==
* Official website
* Continental Electrical Construction
* Continental Energy Solutions on Linkedin
* Continental Energy Solutions on Facebook
Category:Solar energy companies of the United States
Category:Companies based in Illinois
Category:Energy companies established in 2009
Category:Northern Illinois solar installer
Category:Chicago solar installer