On 2/21/04 1:34 AM, "Tim Bonham" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> But there is a major difference between us and San Francisco -- we are > quite a bit further north than they are. In fact, there is no large city > on this continent closer to the North Pole than the Twin Cities. > > Before we spend money on this, I'd like a bit more evidence that it will > actually work in our climate. Are there any such large scale municipal > solar roofs actually in operation anywhere in our climate zone? Excerpt from the "# Greenhouse Gases and Related Toxic Chemicals" section of the 2002 Pollution Prevention Evaluation Report authored by the Minnesota Office of Environmental Assistance: "In Minnesota, when compared to current pulverized coal plants, each KWh per year of photovoltaic (PV) electricity offsets up to 48 pounds of NOx, 52 pounds of SO2, and 19,900 pounds of CO2. Although it produces energy from sunlight any time of year, solar energy is best suited to provide electricity during periods of highest demand � hot summer days. A recent study by the Department of Commerce shows that, for summer months, Minneapolis has a greater solar resource than Jacksonville, Florida." http://www.moea.state.mn.us/p2/p2evaluation2002.cfm In addition, as someone mentioned, The Green Institute in Phillips neighborhood is installing a 34.5 kW PV system at their headquarters, the Phillips Eco-Enterprise Center. I'm not sure how much of an impact this makes on their overall energy consumption, but I doubt they'd be doing it unless they thought it would actually work. Mark Snyder Windom Park REMINDERS: 1. Think a member has violated the rules? Email the list manager at [EMAIL PROTECTED] before continuing it on the list. 2. Don't feed the troll! Ignore obvious flame-bait. For state and national discussions see: http://e-democracy.org/discuss.html For external forums, see: http://e-democracy.org/mninteract ________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
