by Alan Stankevitz | Mar 7, 2005
From June of 2004 through February 2005, the 4.2kW solar PV array has produced 3,213 kWh. This is below the predicted value of the PV Watts program, but weather does vary year-to-year. January was way below the expected output and has put us in the hole from a...
by Alan Stankevitz | Mar 6, 2005
Karla Kinstler and Alice This weekend was Houston (or should I say “Hoooston”), Minnesota’s Festival of Owls. The festival is in honor of Alice the Great Horned Owl. Alice fell out of her nest in the city of Antigo, Wisconsin eight years ago and was...
by Alan Stankevitz | Feb 18, 2005
Where does time go? I must apologize for my lack of journal writing as of late. February has been one crazy month for me—editing CoCoCo Papers, working on the NWS project, running for the local utility’s board of directors position, answering emails and letters...
by Alan Stankevitz | Jan 25, 2005
We seem to be having one of those old fashioned winters. The kind where it snows and it’s cold? Remember those? Today just happened to be one of those clear, weather-free days and it was good to get out and do a little snow shoe hiking. Temperatures were near...
by Alan Stankevitz | Jan 10, 2005
Geesh! It sure has been cloudy here in southeast Minnesota. Something you normally wouldn’t expect in January. Solar hours for the first half of the month is next to nil. At this rate, January will be cloudier than December’s weather. But, it does appear...
by Alan Stankevitz | Jun 15, 2004
Harvesting the Sun’s Energy The digital electric meter has been installed, the contract has been signed and finally the sun is shining. To know that clean, renewable energy is powering our house and the surplus is going out on the wire to help power our...
