Touring Minnesota's largest solar PV installation in Slayton (lots of photos)

Monday, July 29, 2013

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It was a beautiful day to tour the state’s largest solar photovoltaic (PV) installation on July 19th, 2013 in Slayton, Minnesota. With the sun high and bright in the sky and only puffy white clouds to speak of, 35 members of SW/WC CERT toured the 7.5 football fields worth of solar panels working at maximum capacity. Keep reading to learn more and see lots of photos.

The day started with a informal lunch at the town’s Pizza Ranch at noon. Members of the CERTs tour, as well as members of the day’s previous tours, gathered in the East room. After a quick introduction by Joel Haskard (CERTs Co-Director) and Jeff Vetsch (West Central CERT Coordinator), Brian Ross of C.R. Planning took the stage to explain some of the changes in the recent Minnesota legislation concerning solar. Click here to view the handout provided by the Minnesota Department of Commerce, Division of Energy Resources. Topics covered included the solar electricity standard, net metering, the value of the solar tariff, Made in Minnesota solar incentives, solar production-based incentive, community solar gardens, and Property-Assessed Clean Energy (PACE). Click here to read the full article and see the photos!

Category: energy efficiecy, solar