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Grow Solar Twin Cities 2022

Grow Solar Twin Cities is an educational and group purchasing program for residential and commercial solar. Property owners throughout the Twin Cities and the surrounding metro area may participate in the program to help pool their buying power and secure significant discounts that make installing high-quality solar more affordable. The program is offered with support from the Midwest Renewable Energy Association, paleBLUEdot, Resilient Cities & Communities, Center for Energy & Environment, and a variety of local municipalities.

How does the program work?

Grow Solar offers free education about solar energy to help people figure out if solar is right for them. Do you own a property? Is it relatively free from shade? Do you want to lower your electricity bills? Solar might be right for you!

Start by attending a Solar Power Hour. Our free information session teaches you the basics of solar, its financial implications for your property, and how the Grow Solar Twin Cities program works. Look for a Power Hour schedule this spring!

Then, get a free, no obligation site assessment from our competitively-selected installer (selected this spring). After attending a Solar Power Hour, schedule a site assessment and cost estimate.

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Grow Solar Twin Cities will be offered through September 30, 2022. Don’t delay, sign up today!

Grow Solar Twin Cities 2021 has come to an end. Thank you to our program partners: Pale Blue Dot, the City of Brooklyn Park, Oakdale Environmental Management Commission,  Resilient Cities and Communities and the Midwest Renewable Energy Association.

Through Grow Solar Twin Cities, home and business owners throughout the Twin Cities and 5-county metropolitan area learned about solar and pooled their buying power to secure significant discounts that made installing solar more affordable.

Want to stay informed about a possible 2022 Grow Solar Twin Cities opportunity? Please fill out our short form at the button below.

Want more information about this program? Learn about the MREA’s process for facilitating group buys, our previous successes with this program and details about the selected installer, MN Solar, on the About page.

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Grow Solar Twin Cities Events

Solar Power Hours are free and open to public. All times denoted in Central Standard Time.

June

6/15 Wednesday: Solar Power Hour on Zoom, 1:00-2:00 p.m. (click to register) – co-hosted by City of Woodbury

6/23 Thursday: Solar Power Hour, 6:30-7:30 p.m. in the Dakota Room at Burnsville City Hall, 100 Civic Center Pkwy, Burnsville, MN – co-hosted by City of Burnsville

6/29 Tuesday: Solar Power Hour, 6:00-7:00 p.m. at Edina Public Works, 7450 Metro Blvd, Edina MN – co-hosted by City of Edina – Please RSVP

July

7/14 Thursday: Solar Power Hour, 6:30-7:30 p.m. at the Minnetonka Community Center, 14600 Minnetonka Blvd, Minnetonka, MN – co-hosted by City of Minnetonka

7/21 Thursday: Solar Power Hour on Zoom, 2:00-3:00 p.m. (click to register) – co-hosted by City of Roseville

August

8/4 Thursday: Solar Power Hour, 1:00-2:00 p.m. on Zoom (click to register) – co-hosted by City of Edina

8/4 Thursday: Solar Power Hour, 6:30-7:30 p.m. at Inver Grove Heights City Hall, 8150 Barbara Avenue, Inver Grove Heights, MN – co-hosted by City of Inver Grove Heights

8/18 Thursday: Solar Power Hour, 1:00-2:00 p.m. (location to be determined) – co-hosted by City of Minneapolis

8/25 Thursday: Solar Power Hour, 6:30-7:30 p.m. at Coon Rapids Civic Center, 11155 Robinson Dr, Coon Rapids, MN – co-hosted by City of Coon Rapids

Interested in becoming a co-host? Email for more information

You can still watch a recorded version to learn the basics of solar, its financial implications for your property, and how the Grow Solar Twin Cities program works. Check out our virtual resource packet for resources complimentary to this presentation. Then, get a free, no obligation site assessment from our competitively-selected installer, MN Solar, by filling out this short form. The deadline to participate in this program is October 31st, so don’t delay.  Your solar journey awaits!

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Ready to schedule a site assessment or looking to receive important program updates? Fill out this short form to either request a free, no obligation site assessment with TruNorth Solar, receive important program updates directly to your inbox, or both.

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Help spread the word! The only way this program is successful is through community- led outreach. Please considering sharing with your networks because the more people who go solar through the program, the lower the price for all.

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One Program, Big Impact!

2022 marks the fourth year for the Grow Solar Twin Cities program. Since 2018, the environmental impact has been huge. Each year, the PV systems installed through this program will singlehandedly avoid greenhouse gas emissions equivalent to 2,323,843 lbs. of CO2. So, thank you to you for making this program successful year after year and for helping to keep our part of the state beautiful, clean, and healthy.

Since 2018 –

519 people attended Solar Power Hours

167 properties added solar

1239 kilowatts of solar have been installed

Every year that’s like avoiding –

2,616,437 miles driven by the average passenger vehicle

1,166,241 lbs. of coal burned

OR like 45,626 trash bags recycled rather than landfilled

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