Solar for Plymouth families, businesses & farms.
Local, family-owned solar, battery and EV charging for Plymouth — 4.9 stars, 30-year warranty, the same crew start to finish.
Your neighbors in Plymouth are going solar
Plymouth is a big city with a lot of different roofs. Around Medicine Lake, Parkers Lake, and Gleason Lake you find 1960s and 70s ramblers, split-levels, and bungalows on wooded lots that have had fifty years to grow shade. Move west toward Vicksburg Lane and the Wayzata school district and it shifts to 1990s and 2000s two-stories with brick fronts, three-car garages, and cul-de-sacs. Newer neighborhoods like Hollydale, built on the old golf course land, and custom-home areas like Terra Vista, Vicksburg Ridge, and Maple Creek Meadows near the Maple Grove border are mostly open-sky new construction. We’ve completed six installs in Plymouth, so we’ve been up on a fair sample of these roofs, from steep 1970s gables to wide modern hip roofs, and we design around what each era actually gives you.
Where solar produces best in Plymouth
The best production in Plymouth tends to come from the newer west side. Hollydale sits on former golf course ground, so the trees are young and the roofs are big, clean planes, often with a good south or west face. The same goes for Terra Vista, Vicksburg Ridge, and Maple Creek Meadows, where 1990s-to-new two-stories were built with simple hips and gables and the landscaping hasn’t caught up to the rooflines yet. Many of these homes also carry three-car garages, which add a useful low-slope plane facing the street. If your house went up after about 1995 in western Plymouth, odds are decent you have a strong array waiting.
The older east side near Medicine Lake is where design matters. Fifty-year-old oaks and maples over a rambler mean we model shade hour by hour before quoting anything. Microinverters or optimizers let each panel work independently, so one shaded corner doesn’t drag down the whole array. On split-levels with chopped-up roof planes we’ll sometimes split the array across two faces. Plymouth doesn’t have much acreage left, but on the larger custom lots a ground mount is occasionally the better answer, and we’ll tell you when it is.
Solar for every Plymouth property.
Homeowners, businesses and farms in Plymouth 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
Plymouth-area businesses stack the 30% ITC, depreciation and demand-charge savings for fast payback — on the roof or on the ground.
Farms & acreage
Plymouth-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 Plymouth place a good fit?
We look at what actually drives production in Plymouth (Hennepin County).
Homes & roofs
East Plymouth runs to 1960s-70s ramblers and split-levels with modest roof planes; central and west Plymouth is dominated by 1990s-2000s two-stories with big hips, gables, and three-car garages. Newer areas like Hollydale add large, simple new-construction roofs that are about as solar-ready as it gets.
Trees & shading
Mature oaks and maples are the story around Medicine Lake, Parkers Lake, and Gleason Lake, where lots have been growing shade since the 1960s. Western Plymouth’s newer subdivisions have young boulevard trees and mostly open sky, so shading there is rarely a design constraint.
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 Plymouth system for the full year.
Local power & incentives
Most of Plymouth is Xcel Energy territory, but the western edge is served by Wright-Hennepin Cooperative Electric, and the interconnection process is different for each. For Xcel homes we handle the Solar*Rewards and net-metering applications; for Wright-Hennepin members we file the co-op’s interconnection paperwork. Either way, you sign, we file.
Local design, honest numbers
We design each Plymouth 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 Plymouth
Pairing storage with solar keeps your Plymouth 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…”
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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 Plymouth?
Yes. Panels actually run more efficiently in the cold, snow slides off the smooth glass, and our honest Plymouth estimates already bake in winter losses. Strong spring-through-fall production more than makes up for the short December days.
Which utility serves Plymouth, and do you handle the paperwork?
Plymouth is split. Most homes are on Xcel Energy, but neighborhoods along the western edge near Medina and Maple Grove are served by Wright-Hennepin Cooperative Electric. We confirm your utility from your bill before we design anything, since the interconnection rules and programs differ. Yes, we handle all of it – the interconnection application, net-metering agreement, and any program enrollment – for both utilities.
My Plymouth 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 Plymouth 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 Plymouth-area businesses, farms and acreage. Same local family crew.
How do I get a real number for my Plymouth 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 the City of Plymouth offer any rebate for going solar?
Yes, and it’s unusual for a Twin Cities suburb. Plymouth is running a Home Energy Rebate pilot program through 2026 that includes renewable energy systems like solar. Standard applicants can get $500, and income-qualified residents or those in the city’s designated climate vulnerability areas can get $750. Funding is capped each year and the city expects you to claim any utility rebates first, so timing matters. It won’t cover a big share of a system, but it’s real money the city is putting behind residential solar, and we’ll point you to the application when we do your quote.
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