Sugar Creek Lutheran Church
Solar Energy Project Open House
Sunday, October 20, 11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
N5690 Cobblestone Road, Elkhorn
The community is invited … bring a friend!
Take a tour of our Solar Project, get solar energy resources for your home or business, and enjoy this opportunity to collaborate with community members about alternative energy possibilities. Refreshments will be served.
Solar Energy Project Open House
Sunday, October 20, 11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
N5690 Cobblestone Road, Elkhorn
The community is invited … bring a friend!
Take a tour of our Solar Project, get solar energy resources for your home or business, and enjoy this opportunity to collaborate with community members about alternative energy possibilities. Refreshments will be served.
Solar Energy Project
On Sunday, July 7, 2024 Sugar Creek Lutheran Church held a ceremony to celebrate the groundbreaking for our 19.5 kilowatt solar array. As part of our 175th anniversary as a congregation, Sugar Creek Lutheran is not only remembering our past but looking to our future.
Sugar Creek Lutheran is committed to serving the community and with this solar array, we are also witnessing to the Biblical call to care for God’s good creation. The 19.5 kwh solar array will offset carbon emissions equivalent to approximately the work of 800 trees per year or over 300 metric tons of carbon emissions over the 30-year life span of the system.
This project is made possible by generous donations from the congregation, a $25,000 grant from Hammond Climate Solutions Foundation Solar Moonshot Program, and a grant for 50% of the solar panels from the Couillard Solar Foundation Solar for Good grant administered by Renew Wisconsin. The solar system, installed by Adams Solar, consists of 36 solar panels and is anticipated to offset nearly 100% of the church’s annual electrical needs.
To learn more about solar energy and to find resources for your congregation or ministry, visit the South-Central Synod of Wisconsin's website at scsw-elca.org/creation/
Pictured below (left to right): Sugar Creek Project Coordinator Erv Schlepp, Pastor Dick Inglett, and Walworth County Board District 3 Supervisor Brian Holt.
Sugar Creek Lutheran is committed to serving the community and with this solar array, we are also witnessing to the Biblical call to care for God’s good creation. The 19.5 kwh solar array will offset carbon emissions equivalent to approximately the work of 800 trees per year or over 300 metric tons of carbon emissions over the 30-year life span of the system.
This project is made possible by generous donations from the congregation, a $25,000 grant from Hammond Climate Solutions Foundation Solar Moonshot Program, and a grant for 50% of the solar panels from the Couillard Solar Foundation Solar for Good grant administered by Renew Wisconsin. The solar system, installed by Adams Solar, consists of 36 solar panels and is anticipated to offset nearly 100% of the church’s annual electrical needs.
To learn more about solar energy and to find resources for your congregation or ministry, visit the South-Central Synod of Wisconsin's website at scsw-elca.org/creation/
Pictured below (left to right): Sugar Creek Project Coordinator Erv Schlepp, Pastor Dick Inglett, and Walworth County Board District 3 Supervisor Brian Holt.
