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St. Anthony 2040 Comprehensive Plan Chapter 9: Sustainability <br />173 <br /> <br />In 2016, the City completed a St. Anthony Sustainability Tour (available on <br />the city’s website) outlining through a StoryMap all the initiatives completed <br />by the city to date. <br />PLANNING FOR SOLAR <br />The Metropolitan Land Planning Act requires that the comprehensive plan <br />shall contain “an element for the protection and development of access to <br />direct sunlight for solar energy systems” (Minn. Stat. 473.859). An analysis <br />of St. Anthony’s solar energy capacity, based on exposure to sunlight, <br />indicates that the city does have solar resources available for alternative <br />energy production. Currently, the City of St. Anthony uses 65 gigawatt <br />hours of electricity annually. <br />Gross solar capacity <br />240 megawatts of solar capacity that <br />could produce 308 gigwatt-hours of <br />electricity with current technology <br />Rooftop solar capacity <br />30 megawatts of solar capacity that could <br />produce 45 gigwatt-hours of electricity <br />with current technology <br /> <br />Greater solar resource capacity is shown in brighter yellow on the maps <br />above. <br />Solar access is a resource that, if used, could be used to offset the costs <br />associated with traditional electricity consumption. If all of St. Anthony’s <br />rooftop solar energy was built out to full capacity, it would generate the <br />equivalent of 69 percent of the City’s annual electric use. The City’s solar <br />energy systems ordinance was developed in 2015 and permits or <br />conditionally permits solar energy systems in all zoning districts.