Milwaukee County Zoo
- Location
- 10001 W. Blue Mound Rd.
Milwaukee, WI
- Operational date
- June 2010
- Project
- 1.15-kilowatt solar flair
- Success
- We Energies donated the solar flair, which looks like a flower on a stick. Located between the polar bear and
seal exhibit and Lakeview Café, the solar array produces about 1,400 kWh/year — enough to power an
average home for about 6 weeks. The solar flair replaces an 800-watt (0.800 kW) array, which Wisconsin Electric
donated to the Zoo in 1999. Solar technology changed so much in recent years that the decision was made to replace
that system with the new one that allows real-time production monitoring.
