Solar for Maplewood families, businesses & farms.
Local, family-owned solar, battery and EV charging for Maplewood — 4.9 stars, 30-year warranty, the same crew start to finish.
Your neighbors in Maplewood are going solar
Your neighbors in Maplewood are going solar, from the older streets around Gladstone and Hazelwood to the ramblers and split-levels near Maplewood Heights and Kohlman Lake. iSolar is a family business based in nearby Saint Paul Park, so Maplewood is well inside our regular service area, we’re up Highway 61 all the time. We’ve put panels on homes near the Mall side of town, out toward Hazelwood, and on some of the older, smaller lots closer to Gladstone where the trees are bigger and the roof lines are trickier. Every Maplewood property is different: some have wide-open south-facing roofs from the 1970s building boom, some are shaded by fifty-year-old oaks. We design around your actual roof and your actual trees, not a generic template, because we’re the same crew that answers your call in year one and year thirty.
Where solar produces best in Maplewood
Maplewood’s housing stock is mostly a product of the postwar boom, with the heaviest building happening from the late 1960s through the 1980s, right around when Maplewood Mall opened and I-694 and I-94 went in nearby. That means a lot of ramblers, split-levels, and two-story homes with straightforward gable or hip roofs, good, predictable candidates for solar racking. The city sits on fairly flat, glaciated terrain with no bluffs or steep grades to complicate a layout, so orientation usually comes down to how your specific lot faces and how close your neighbor’s roofline or trees sit. Older pockets near Gladstone, platted back in its 1880s railroad-junction days, tend to have smaller, more irregular lots than the newer subdivisions further out toward Highway 36.
On the ramblers and split-levels that make up most of Maplewood, a clean south- or west-facing roof section is usually enough for a straightforward string inverter system. Where mature trees cast partial shade, common on the older streets, we’ll often spec microinverters or power optimizers so one shaded panel doesn’t drag down the whole array. On larger lots, especially toward the edges of town, a ground-mount array can beat fighting a broken-up roofline.
Solar for every Maplewood property.
Homeowners, businesses and farms in Maplewood 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
Maplewood has a deep base of offices, retail and industrial sites — exactly where the 30% commercial ITC, depreciation and demand-charge savings add up fast. Roof or ground.
Farms & large lots
Have acreage, a hobby farm or a big lot near Maplewood? A ground-mount array in full sun turns unused land into decades of lower energy costs, with farm tax incentives.
Is your Maplewood place a good fit?
We look at what actually drives production in Maplewood (Ramsey County).
Homes & roofs
Most Maplewood homes date from the city’s big postwar build-out, ramblers, split-levels, and two-story houses from the 1960s-80s with simple gable and hip roofs. Older, smaller-lot homes near Gladstone can have more complex rooflines. Either way, standard composition shingle roofs here take racking without much fuss.
Trees & shading
Maplewood’s older neighborhoods, like the streets around Hazelwood and Gladstone, carry decades of mature oak and maple canopy that can shade part of a roof. Newer areas near the Mall and the interstates tend to have more open sky. We map your actual shade pattern before we ever spec panel count or inverter type.
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 Maplewood system for the full year.
Local power & incentives
Maplewood runs on Xcel Energy for electric service. We handle interconnection paperwork with Xcel directly, including Solar*Rewards enrollment and net metering, so you’re not stuck decoding utility forms. Maplewood’s city ordinance, amended in 2023, also allows battery storage of excess solar, which we can size into your system from day one.
Local design, honest numbers
We design each Maplewood 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 Maplewood
Pairing storage with solar keeps your Maplewood 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…”
“Jon and everyone over at ISolar have been awesome to work with on getting my panels installed and getting me through the different programs offered to me. Jon also…”
“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 Maplewood?
Yes. Panels actually run more efficiently in the cold, snow slides off the smooth glass, and our honest Maplewood estimates already bake in winter losses. Strong spring-through-fall production more than makes up for the short December days.
Which utility serves Maplewood, and do you handle the paperwork?
Xcel Energy is the electric utility for Maplewood, it’s listed as an electric-and-gas service community on Xcel’s own Minnesota service area records, and we haven’t found any municipal or co-op electric overlap here. Yes, we handle the paperwork: iSolar submits your interconnection application, coordinates the net metering agreement, and handles Solar*Rewards enrollment where it applies. You’ll get copies of everything we file, but you won’t have to sit on hold with Xcel yourself.
My Maplewood 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 Maplewood 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 Maplewood-area businesses, farms and acreage. Same local family crew.
How do I get a real number for my Maplewood 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.
Does Maplewood have its own rules for solar permits, and does the city allow battery storage?
Yes. Maplewood adopted its Renewable Energy Ordinance back in 2011, which specifically allows solar, along with wind and geothermal, in residential and commercial zones. The city council amended it again in February 2023 to explicitly add community solar gardens, solar canopies, and battery storage of excess renewable energy to what’s permitted. In practice, that means a home battery paired with your solar array is squarely allowed under current Maplewood code, and we pull the city permit and handle that process as part of your install.
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