Solar panels on parking lot and roof at U of Minnesota

Solar panels on the West Bank of the Twin Cities Campus at the U of Minnesota - N. Carlson

One of the criticisms of solar power is that it takes up arable land and makes it unusable for crops. See a previous post on solar panels in agriculture.  At this location on the west bank a former building site and a parking lot are converted into a site for generating solar powered electricity. The elevated solar panels on the left provide cover for vehicles enhancing the value of the parking lot without taking up significant amount of space. 

Businesswire.com wire reports on this project U of Minnesota to install 2 MGWatts solar.  Additional solar panels (not pictured) are also installed on top of nearby buildings.

Urban Solar Energy research at the U of MN HHC - 2 min. 

U of M Morris sustainability and solar thermal panels - 10 min.