Michigan Solar Tour
Part of the ASES National Solar Tour
October 4, 2008
10 am - 4 pm
The solar tour is free and self-guided. Visit as many sites as you would like from 10am to 4pm, in any order that you would like.  Enjoy the good energy, and have fun!

Greater Lansing Area
Metro Detroit Area
Greater Ann Arbor Area
Southwest Michigan Area
Central Michigan Area
Greater Marquette Area
Greater Traverse City Area
Greater Grand Rapids Area
Northwest Michigan Area

Central Michigan Solar Tour

Dow Diamond
825 East Main Street Midland, MI 48640

Dow Corning and Hemlock Semiconductor donated the168 solar panels to Dow Diamond, the home of the Great Lakes Loons. The panels, located outside the right field fence and adjacent to the outfield parking lot, are designed to generate enough power to operate the stadium’s scoreboard. The solar panels are connected to the stadium’s main power grid and will generate power year-round. At peak performance, the panels will produce 28.56 kilowatt-hours of power. Through the course of a year, that amount of energy is equal to the electricity consumed by seven homes.

Facts about the solar panels:

• Donated to Dow Diamond by Dow Corning Corporation and Hemlock Semiconductor Corporation
• There are 168 solar panels
• They will generate power year-round and be connected directly into the stadium’s power grid.
• The panels are expected to generate enough energy to equal the power required to operate the scoreboard.
• At peak output, the system will generate 28.56 kW per hour.
• In this part of the country an average day (average over the course of a year) is about 4 peak performance hours per day. In the summer it is 6 sun hours and in the winter it is about 2.
• Products Dow Corning provides the solar industry include: silicon feedstock materials, photovoltaic cell coatings, cell encapsulants, junction box potting agents, frame and junction box sealants.

Hemlock Semiconductor produces polycrystalline silicon, the base-material used in the manufacturing of solar cells.

Directions from the South (Saginaw): I-75 N to US 10 W. Take the M-20/US-10 BUS exit on the LEFT toward DOWNTOWN MIDLAND. Merge onto US-10 W/MI-20 W. (also known as Indian St.) Turn LEFT onto State Street. The entrance to the stadium is located at the intersection of Ellsworth and State Streets.

Directions from the East (Bay City): Take M25 – which becomes US 10 W. Take the M-20/US-10 BUS exit on the LEFT toward DOWNTOWN MIDLAND. Merge onto US-10 W/MI-20 W. (also known as Indian St.) Turn LEFT onto State Street. The entrance to the stadium is located at the intersection of Ellsworth and State Streets.

Directions from the North (Clare): Take 27 to US-10 East toward Midland. Take the Bay City Road exit. Go East on Bay City Road. Merge onto US-10 West. Take the MI-20 / US-10-BUS exit on the LEFT toward DOWNTOWN MIDLAND. Merge onto US-10 BR W / MI-20 W. Turn LEFT onto State Street. The entrance to the stadium is located at the intersection of Ellsworth and State Street.

Directions from the West (Mt. Pleasant): Take M20 to Main Street in Midland. Turn RIGHT on Main Street until it intersects with State Street (Main Street ends). Turn left and enter the stadium at the intersection of Ellsworth and State Street (one block down).

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Moreau Home
3518 Roe Ct
Weidman, MI 48893

*This home will only be open from 10:00a.m. until 1:00p.m.*
This home features roof mounted solar panels. Which have been providing the home with the majority of its energy needs for a few years. The family is very pleased with the system and loves being able to educate people about how they got everything set up.

Directions: off M-20, either east of Remus or west of Mt. Pleasant. Turn north on Coldwater Road at the blinking yellow light. Go nearly seven miles. Coldwater curves and changes into School Road. then dead-ends at Airline Road. Turn east and go 0.2 miles east to Roe Court and then turn north. There is a square white sign at the corner with Roe Court on it and the road looks like a driveway. There are just two houses on Roe Court. Ours is the brick house at the end.

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