2006 Minnesota Solar Tour

Inspired by the community thinking of the solar project at Old Man River Cafe, the owners of Izzy's Ice Cream Café initiated a solar project called High Noon Solar @ Izzy's — solar powered ice cream supported at a private company by hundreds of donations and volunteer hours! To make their vision a reality, Izzy's sought out and formed many partnerships: retail and wholesale customers, staff, the Neighborhood Energy Connection, the Green Institute, Innovative Power Systems, Banks Electric, the City of St. Paul STAR Grant program, and many more. The 8.6-kilowatt system started producing power on January 1, 2006, and to-date it has generated over 5,000 kWh of power for Izzy's Ice Cream Café. They continue to fundraise for the project and hope to close the books on fundraising by the first of the year 2007. Come by and get a scoop of the only solar-produced artisian ice cream in the world at Izzy's!

System Components

Directions

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From I-94, take the Cretin/Vandalia exit. Go south on Cretin Avenue to Marshall Avenue. Go left (east) on Marshall Avenue. Izzy's is on the right.

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