The use of solar power has increased in the past decade. Consumers have become more environmentally conscious and the costs of going solar have gone down thanks to government incentives like the 2019 solar tax credit. Solar power doesn’t pollute, rely on gas or coal, but can be much more expensive than the less environmentally-friendly […]
Tag Archives: Solar Garden
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Apr
Apr
There’s no better place for watching sunlight turn into electricity than a garden—plants, after all, are just living solar panels, capturing light and turning it into the energy that fuels life itself. So there’s a kind of synchronicity in turning to the sun when you need power in the garden. At its simplest, using solar […]
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Oct
Oct
The Minnesota Department of Transportation has teamed up with a renewable energy cooperative to build a community solar garden on the top level of the Ramp A parking garage in downtown Minneapolis, the first such project to be built on MnDOT right of way. In the spring, Minneapolis-based Cooperative Energy Futures (CEF) will install a […]