[fullwidth background_color=”” background_image=”” background_parallax=”none” enable_mobile=”no” parallax_speed=”0.3″ background_repeat=”no-repeat” background_position=”left top” video_url=”” video_aspect_ratio=”16:9″ video_webm=”” video_mp4=”” video_ogv=”” video_preview_image=”” overlay_color=”” overlay_opacity=”0.5″ video_mute=”yes” video_loop=”yes” fade=”no” border_size=”0px” border_color=”” border_style=”” padding_top=”20″ padding_bottom=”20″ padding_left=”0″ padding_right=”0″ hundred_percent=”no” equal_height_columns=”no” hide_on_mobile=”no” menu_anchor=”” class=”” id=””][title size=”1″ content_align=”left” style_type=”underline solid” sep_color=”#000000″ margin_top=”” margin_bottom=”” class=”” id=””]Solar project at Camp Ripley by Minnesota Power[/title][fusion_text]Monday, February 1st 2016
Despite questions about the price tag, Minnesota regulators on Thursday approved Minnesota Power’s planned $30 million solar power project at the Minnesota Army National Guard’s Camp Ripley Training Center near Little Falls. The project’s 120,000 solar panels covering 80 acres will generate electricity used by the Duluth-based utility’s customers. It is the first large-scale solar project to be built by Minnesota Power. The project site is a former gravel and sand pit partly covered with trees to be removed before construction begins in May. The solar array’s 10-million-watt output will deliver about one-third of the solar energy the utility needs to meet a state requirement to get 1.5 percent of its electricity from the sun by 2020. The output is the equivalent to the electricity used by 2,000 homes. Residential ratepayers’ bills will go up about 50 cents per month to pay for the solar project.
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