Solar Panels

Controlled by Solar Power

Delano Public Schools (DPS) recently added solar to help power our schools and to benefit our students and community into the future. DPS is one of 80 schools in 45 school districts across the state to receive grants from the Minnesota Department of Commerce Solar for Schools Program
(mn.gov/solar4schools) to install solar power.

The Minnesota Solar for Schools grant covered a portion of the costs for DPS to install solar panels on the rooftop at the intermediate and high schools. 

Adding solar reduces energy costs, which are the second-highest cost category for our school. Students will have opportunities for real-time learning about solar power and learn about
careers in the growing clean energy economy.

Benefits of Solar for Schools

• Adding solar reduces our school’s energy costs.
• Students will have opportunities for real-time learning about solar + learn about
• careers in the growing clean energy economy.
• Our local economy benefits from jobs to install solar plus new infrastructure.
• Solar power helps reduce electricity-based greenhouse gas emissions.
• Solar power adds “homegrown” renewable sources of energy to our school and the state’s electrical grid, since Minnesota has to import 100% of all fossil fuels.