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Plan could make Arden Hills development energy self-sufficient | Star Tribune <br />http://www.startribune.com/local/east/298985241.html[4/9/2015 12:52:55 PM] <br />A new report for Rice Creek Commons, the former Army <br />ammunitions site in Arden Hills, says a new solar farm — as well as <br />using groundwater now being treated by the Army for heating and <br />cooling — could satisfy all the 427-acre development’s energy <br />needs. <br />The report, called the Energy Integration Resiliency Framework for <br />Rice Creek Commons, outlines a vision to make the development <br />the largest in the state to be energy self-sufficient. <br />At the heart of the proposal are plans to install an on-site 40-acre <br />solar array and use water the Army is now treating to heat and cool <br />homes and businesses. <br />“We have an opportunity to use today’s technology to build a <br />sustainable energy future,” said Ramsey County Commissioner <br />Blake Huffman, who represents the area. <br />But the county must move quickly, Huffman said, to obtain a 60-acre <br />site just north of the development to use for the solar array. The <br />solar project must be in place by the end of 2016 to utilize federal tax <br />credits to offset the cost. Ramsey County officials plan to ask the <br />federal General Services Administration to give it the site for free. <br />In exchange, the county would clean up the site to meet industrial <br />standards, which county officials said would cost about $1.25 million. <br />When complete, the solar installation would use 40 acres and <br />generate 8 megawatts of electricity. That is enough power to meet <br />the needs of the entire Rice Creek Commons development. Officials <br />say that’s also enough power to reduce greenhouse gas emissions <br />each year by the equivalent of removing 1,432 cars from the roads. <br />The second piece of the energy plan would use groundwater to heat <br />and cool homes and businesses. The Army currently is pumping 2 <br />million gallons of contaminated groundwater each day, treating it and <br />dumping it into Marsden Lake. Heat from that 52-degree water could <br />be captured and used to heat and cool all or parts of the <br />development, said Greg Mack, project manager for the county. <br />“It would be just taking advantage of resources that are there,” Mack <br />said. <br />Article by: JAMES WALSH , Star Tribune Updated: April 7, 2015 - 8:32 PM <br />A 40-acre solar array is the key cog to the development’s plan. <br />from the homepage <br />U psychiatry chairman steps down after <br />protocol concerns <br />Mary Lucia to take leave from 89.3 the <br />Current after stalker incidents <br />Pedaling America: Good-bye Rockies, hello <br />Great Plains! <br />ADVERTISEMENT <br />most read most emailed most watched <br />Minn. high school senior accepted to all <br />eight Ivy League schools <br />18 years later, man charged in <br />disappearance, death of wife in Minn. <br />St. Paul schools Superintendent Silva on <br />short list for Florida job <br />Merging law schools causes tenure fight <br />at William Mitchell <br />Body found in river confirmed to be that <br />of Jennifer Houle <br />Husband arrested in case of White Bear <br />Township woman missing since 1997 <br />Jennifer Houle's father thanks rescuers <br />after body found <br />ADVERTISEMENT <br />ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT <br />ADVERTISEMENT <br />ADVERTISEMENT <br />Search All content Business listings Site Index <br />east metro <br />News Local Sports Business Politics Opinion Lifestyle Entertainment <br />North Metro West Metro South Metro East Metro Minneapolis St. Paul Your Voices Blogs + Columns Minnesota Topics <br />Obituaries Classifieds Autos Housing Jobs <br />Home Local East Metro <br />Plan could make Arden Hills development energy <br />self-sufficient <br />more from east <br />metro <br />18 years later, man <br />charged in <br />disappearance, death of <br />wife in Minn. <br />Minn. high school senior <br />accepted to all eight Ivy <br />League schools <br />St. Paul police honor <br />officer, detective, <br />civilians of the year <br />comments resize text print buy reprints1 29 Tweet 13 Share <br />Log In |Register |My account |Subscribe Digital Home delivery |Today’s Paper
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