Energy Park

The Danny Young Memorial Renewable Energy Park is a regional resource designed to educate and help interested consumers make informed decisions about the incorporation of renewable technologies at their homes and businesses. The park is named in memory of Danny Young, a Midwest Energy Cooperative apprentice lineman who was killed in a tragic gas line explosion in December 2006. A small memorial area is included in the park’s design.

The park features a 4kW solar panel display and a 5 kW wind turbine. Those sizes were selected because they represent what a typical residential application might include. Each of the elements is grid-tied and metered to provide real-time information and data on output and availability. A live data center will allow you to see and understand how current conditions translate into renewable energy generation, and the year-to-date economic analysis provides an overview of the cost of the system, the monthly output, and the resulting cost per kilowatt hour.

Many people are considering incorporating renewable energy at their homes or businesses, and Midwest Energy Cooperative is fully supportive of those initiatives. Our goal with the Energy Park is simply to help you understand the financial investment required and what you can expect in this region in terms of generation.