The City of Albert Lea was awarded a 2017 Seed Grant from the Clean Energy Resource Teams (CERTs) for Solar Ready Albert Lea.   The project’s focus is on exploring city wide solar pv potential as well as the potential for on-site solar energy and achieving Net Zero Energy for 15 buildings owned by the City of Albert Lea, Albert Lea Area Schools, as well as Freeborn County. The City engaged paleBLUEdot llc, a Minnesota Climate and Renewable Energy consultancy to complete this project.