Project Funded by Minnesota’s Statewide Solar on Public Buildings Grant Program St. Louis County’s three newest Public Works facilities – in Culver and Kugler Townships, and near the Whiteface Reservoir – are now equipped with a 40-kilowatt solar array on each roof. The solar panels were produced locally by Heliene in Mountain Iron, and made possible thanks to $336,000 in grants ($112,000 for each building) from the Minnesota Department of Commerce’s Statewide Solar on Public Buildings Program. Each solar array is capable of producing 55 megawatts of electric energy annually, which is expected to cover 73% of the facilities’ electrical energy usage. This estimation takes into account average snowy and cloudy days at each location. Additionally, the non-fossil fuel energy generated equates to a reduction