When Richard Venberg looks around his neighborhood, he sees solar power potential everywhere.

“If I can do it in this tiny little backyard, then that guy’s garage could have some on it. And that guy’s roof, which faces pure south, could do it too,” he says, pointing out nearby properties in the Como neighborhood of Minneapolis. “I’m just trying to disprove that perception that it can’t work in the city because of all these obstacles, because obviously it can.” More…