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Smaller Minnesota towns adopting solar power to save money

Solar panels on a roof
An array of solar panels at Lowell Elementary school as seen Friday, June 6, 2025 in Duluth.
Derek Montgomery for MPR News File

Federal tax credits for solar projects are expiring at the end of this year, and some smaller towns in rural Minnesota have tapped into the benefits.

For Climate Cast this week, MPR News meteorologist Paul Huttner talks to Minnesota Star Tribune reporter Kristoffer Tigue about the skepticism around solar power that many small and local governments had adopted over the years and the economic benefits that changed their minds.

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