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Olmsted County accepts state solar grants, approves short-term cash flow to install panels on county buildings
Summary
The Olmsted County Board approved acceptance of eight Minnesota Solar on Public Buildings grants and a budget change to cash-flow roughly $540,000 for installation; the projects will be reimbursed by state and federal programs after construction.
The Olmsted County Board of Commissioners voted to accept eight Minnesota Solar on Public Buildings grants and approved a budget change to cash-flow the projects, a county official said.
The grants are through the Minnesota Department of Commerce’s Solar on Public Buildings program and cover projects across county facilities. "For consideration this evening is acceptance of a grant through the Minnesota Solar on Public Buildings program through the Department of Commerce," said Matt Miller, director of facilities and building operations.
The grants fund arrays for three buildings at the Public Works Service Center, the planned exhibition center at Grand Park, two locations at the Oxbow nature center (the nature center and a caretaker’s house), and the…
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