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Published October 06, 2011, 12:00 AM

PHOTO GALLERY: Solar Tour of Homes

Hudson-area residences on Minnesota Renewable Energy Society’s Solar Tour


Lee Kisling describes for Laurie Wyland and her sons, Sam and Peter, how the sun-tracking solar panel system on a hill above his house works. The panels provide the home with electricity. Photos by Randy Hanson

  • Lee Kisling describes for Laurie Wyland and her sons, Sam and Peter, how the sun-tracking solar panel system on a hill above his house works. The panels provide the home with electricity. Photos by Randy Hanson
  • The solar panels on the roof of the Kisling residence heat the home and provide hot water.
  • “This was a bit radical,” Lee Kisling admitted of the solar heating system he had installed in his new house. It includes an array of tanks and pipes in a lower level mechanical room.
  • Dr. Gary Konkol touches a solar hot water panel on the roof of his carbon-neutral home in North Hudson.
  • The tracking photovoltaic system in front of the Passive Home in the Woods supplies its electricity. Photos by Randy Hanson