Large-Scale Solar Installations In and Around Baraboo
Powered Up Baraboo seeks to increase the use of renewable energy in and around Baraboo. Our efforts include supporting and/or highlighting solar installations that create energy solutions for homes, businesses, and units of government while setting examples about choosing affordable, renewable energy for the general public.
Below are links to information about large-scale solar installations in and around Baraboo.
City of Baraboo Solar Projects
Carnegie-Schadde Memorial Public Library
In 2025, a solar photovoltaic array was installed on the roof of the addition to the Carnegie-Schadde Memorial Public Library.
View the video about this project. In this video, library director Jessica Bergin, donor to the project Orwin Eilertson, project donors and members of the library's renewable energy committee Rick Eilertson and Jerry Jackson, and Baraboo Mayor Rob Nelson share the factors that were considered during project planning and their opinions about solar energy.
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This video was sponsored by Powered Up Baraboo, a local nonprofit that works to promote the use and production of renewable energy, energy conservation, and sustainable green spaces that reduce the amount of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere.
Go to poweredupbaraboo.org for more information about this organization's projects.
Go to https://www.csmpl.org/Â for more information about the Carnegie-Schadde Memorial Public Library.
To see information about the solar energy project at the library, go to https://www.csmpl.org/solar-energy-li...Â
To check out the performance of the library's solar panels, go to the SolarEdge page on the library website at https://monitoringpublic.solaredge.co...
Sauk County Government Solar Projects
Solar installations at the Sauk County Jail in Baraboo and the Sauk County Health Care Center in Reedsburg
https://www.co.sauk.wi.us/buildingservices/sauk-county-solar-power
Baraboo School District Solar Projects
Solar installations at Jack Young Middle School and Baraboo High School
https://www.baraboo.k12.wi.us/o/bsd/page/sdob-solar
Sauk County Fairgrounds
Owned by the Sauk County Agricultural Society, the Fairgrounds now have solar arrays helping to offset power needs on the grounds. The solar arrays at the Sauk County Fairgrounds were installed by All Sky Energy LLC and funded by the Friends of the Sauk County Fair. Together the ground-mounted and roof-mounted arrays have a rated capacity of 19.24 kilowatts (kW) DC and have been producing close to the projected average annual production of 26,810 kilowatt hours (kWh) of electricity. The ground-mounted system at the Fairgrounds is close to the optimum size to meet the electrical consumption of the average Wisconsin home. Check back on the Sauk County Fairgrounds website for more information that may be posted about the arrays. Powered Up Baraboo sponsored the interpretive signs that appear on the Cattle Barn and the Litscher Pavilion. The signs give some basic information about the solar arrays.
