Minnesota Solar Projects 2018

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Minnesota solar projects 2018.

Solar customers would have to choose. The 62mw marshall solar energy project is proposed to be built on 500 acres near marshall minnesota. In 2018 508 mwac of minnesota s solar came from community solar gardens mostly in xcel energy territory. In 2018 minnesota solar capacity increased 47 or 284 mwac for a total of 882 mwac.

Already home to the state s largest array chisago county minnesota has seven additional arrays in various stages of completion earning it the nickname the solar capitol of minnesota. May 1 2018 9 00 a m. Solar capacity increased from 1 mw in 2009 to 32 mw in 2015 to 598 mw in 2017. Minnesota is projected to exceed 1 000 mwac in 2019.

Click here for more solar data. Minnesota is projected to add 286 megawatts of solar power capacity in 2018 down from an additional 395 megawatts in 2017 but that s still solid growth. The state ranked fifth nationally in new. Several large retailers in minnesota have gone solar including ikea target and mortenson construction.

This photovoltaic project is among the largest in minnesota and has the capacity to generate 2 mw of electricity enough to power over 263 homes. Minnesota solar industry leaders are hopeful recent changes to two utility incentive programs will bring new commercial development to the state. One of the solar farms in cleanchoice energy s new community solar project. A minneapolis based renewable energy development company continues to work with landowners in rock county in far southwest minnesota on what could be the state s largest solar.

The chart above shows the progress of projects through the program since august 2015 and the nearly two year lag between the program launch in december 2014 and the successful ignition of multiple megawatts of capacity in january 2017. 5 the company had received 949 solar rewards applications for 2018. Notable solar installations in minnesota. In addition to helping homeowners and small businesses pay for solar installations the program helps xcel meet goals set by the legislature for creating more small scale solar in minnesota.

Slayton solar project was completed in 2013 by developer ecos energy. The wind turbine and small solar array planted in a cornfield near this northwestern minnesota town look modest. State lawmakers doubled the size limit for xcel energy s solar rewards program to include projects up to 40 kilowatts.