Solar for Lake Elmo families, businesses & farms.
Local, family-owned solar, battery and EV charging for Lake Elmo — 4.9 stars, 30-year warranty, the same crew start to finish.
Your neighbors in Lake Elmo are going solar
Lake Elmo is really two housing markets in one city. South of Highway 5, along the I-94 corridor, you have the newer growth: Inwood, Savona, and Wildflower, mostly two-story and rambler-style homes built in the last decade with clean, simple rooflines and young landscaping. North of that, the character flips – the Old Village around Lake Elmo Avenue with its older homes, conservation neighborhoods like Fields of St. Croix and the Hamlet on Sunfish Lake, and plenty of large-lot and acreage properties where the city has deliberately kept its rural feel. We’ve completed four installs in Lake Elmo, so we’ve worked both sides of that split: the new-construction roofs that are almost plug-and-play for solar, and the older, tree-heavy lots that take real design work. We’re based in Saint Paul Park, about twenty minutes down the road, so this is home territory for us.
Recent Lake Elmo installs: a 31-panel, 13.33 kW system with dual Enphase batteries (November 2025), and a 40-panel, 16.40 kW system with a HomeGrid battery and smart panel (July 2024).
Where solar produces best in Lake Elmo
The best production in Lake Elmo comes from the newer subdivisions south of Highway 5 – Inwood, Savona, and Wildflower. These homes went up recently enough that the trees are still small, the roofs are new asphalt shingle with big uninterrupted planes, and a lot of them were platted with south- or west-facing rear roof lines. A south-facing plane in one of these neighborhoods is about as good as residential solar gets in the east metro. Newer homes near Eagle Point Boulevard and along the 94 corridor follow the same pattern. Even east-west oriented houses there do well, we just split the array across both planes.
The Old Village, the lake lots around Lake Elmo itself, and the wooded parcels near Sunfish Lake Park are where design matters. Mature oaks and maples throw real shade, so we model each roof plane hour by hour and use microinverters or optimizers so one shaded corner doesn’t drag down the whole array. And because Lake Elmo has held onto its acreage lots and hobby farms, ground mounts are a genuine option here – if your roof is compromised but you have open yard to the south, that’s often the better system.
Solar for every Lake Elmo property.
Homeowners, businesses and farms in Lake Elmo each get a system — and incentives — built for them.
Homeowners
Cut your electric bill, lock in your rate for decades, and back it with a 30-year warranty. Net metering banks your summer surplus for winter.
Businesses
Lake Elmo-area businesses stack the 30% ITC, depreciation and demand-charge savings for fast payback — on the roof or on the ground.
Farms & acreage
Lake Elmo-area farms cut costs on irrigation, drying, dairy and the shop with roof, barn or ground-mount solar — plus the 30% ITC, depreciation and current USDA REAP guidance.
Is your Lake Elmo place a good fit?
We look at what actually drives production in Lake Elmo (Washington County).
Homes & roofs
Split personality: newer two-stories and ramblers in Inwood, Savona, and Wildflower with large, simple, recently shingled roof planes, and older homes in the Old Village plus acreage properties and hobby farms to the north. New construction south of Highway 5 is typically straightforward; older roofs get a condition check before we design.
Trees & shading
Young trees and open sightlines in the newer I-94 corridor neighborhoods mean minimal shading. The Old Village, the shoreline around Lake Elmo, and parcels near Sunfish Lake Park carry mature oaks and maples that require careful shade modeling and sometimes selective trimming.
Sun & seasons
Minnesota produces strong solar spring through fall, and cold, clear winter days are productive too. Snow slides off the smooth panels, and we size every Lake Elmo system for the full year.
Local power & incentives
Lake Elmo is Xcel Energy territory for electric service. That means net metering for systems under 40 kW and Xcel’s Solar*Rewards incentive program when funding rounds are open. We handle the entire Xcel interconnection application, the meter swap coordination, and the Solar*Rewards paperwork if you qualify – you sign, we file.
Local design, honest numbers
We design each Lake Elmo system around your roof, shading and real usage — premium Tier-1 panels and Enphase microinverters, installed clean and permitted by the same crew that starts the job. No subcontractors, no inflated production promises.
Battery backup in Lake Elmo
Pairing storage with solar keeps your Lake Elmo home or business powered through outages and banks your daytime production for the evening. We size it to what matters most to you.
Quality work, priced fairly.
You get the equipment, engineering and workmanship you'd expect from the big national installers — delivered by a local, family-owned crew that's here for the long haul. Every system is designed and installed by our own team, permitted and inspected, and backed by a 30-year warranty.
What Minnesotans say.
Real reviews from real iSolar customers — homes, farms and businesses across Minnesota.
“Dan and company at iSolar were great to work with throughout our solar project. Communication was top-notch throughout the planning and install process, and even…”
“10stars!! I am a Sr. Project Manager for Patriot Homes, LLC (a general contractor) The solar panels of a customer of mine needed to be removed and reinstalled to…”
“iSolar installed 15 panels on our home, which has a standing seam metal roof. We have been very pleased with their approach, communication, price and the Solar…”
“Professional and very thorough in follow-up and responses. Their electricians takes time to explain things well and very honest in their pricing. I got an EV…”
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“Our experience has been wonderful! We are so happy we made the shift to solar and iSolar was so great to work with at all stages of the process!”
Frequently asked.
Does solar still work through Minnesota winters in Lake Elmo?
Yes. Panels actually run more efficiently in the cold, snow slides off the smooth glass, and our honest Lake Elmo estimates already bake in winter losses. Strong spring-through-fall production more than makes up for the short December days.
Which utility serves Lake Elmo, and do you handle the paperwork?
Lake Elmo homes are served by Xcel Energy for electricity – the city isn’t split between providers like some east-metro towns. Yes, we handle all of it: the Xcel interconnection application, the net metering agreement, coordination on the meter, and Solar*Rewards enrollment when the program has funding available. You’ll get copies of everything, but you won’t have to chase Xcel yourself.
My Lake Elmo roof has some shade — can I still go solar?
Often yes. Per-panel microinverters keep your unshaded panels producing even if a tree shades part of the roof, and we map your roof's sun before we design. If shade is heavy, we'll tell you straight and look at a ground-mount where there's room.
Do you do business and farm solar in Lake Elmo too?
Yes — alongside home solar we install commercial systems (with the 30% ITC, depreciation and demand-charge savings) and agricultural or ground-mount solar for Lake Elmo-area businesses, farms and acreage. Same local family crew.
How do I get a real number for my Lake Elmo property?
Book a free, no-pressure assessment. We review your roof or land, your utility usage and your goals, then give you honest production and savings figures — for a home, business or farm. Call (651) 565-1140 or request your estimate online.
I’m on a large lot in northern Lake Elmo – can I do a ground-mounted system instead of putting panels on my roof?
Often, yes, and Lake Elmo is one of the better cities in the metro for it because so much of the city is still acreage and hobby-farm parcels. Ground mounts need open, unshaded space – ideally to the south of the house – and they go through the city’s zoning and permit review, which includes setback and screening rules that vary by district. The upside is you’re not limited by your roof’s orientation, pitch, or age, and maintenance access is easy. We survey the property, confirm what the city allows on your parcel, and pull the permits ourselves.
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