Golden Apple: Solar Schools Project Officially Completed

The official completion of a project long in the works at three school systems in the area was celebrated today. The Solar Schools project installed six solar arrays at...

Solar Arrays Installed At Pequot Lakes And Pine River-Backus School Districts

As of this month, 25% of the energy used by the Pequot Lakes School District is now solar powered. This is the second solar array that has been installed this year at...

Golden Apple: Students Learn About Solar Energy At Brainerd Public Library

The Brainerd Public Library recently partnered with a unique organization based in Pine River to offer a class on solar energy to grade school students. The Rural...

African Trainees Learning About Solar Power In Backus

For the past two weeks, six trainees with all different backgrounds from different African countries have been learning about solar power in Backus. The group has come...

Leech Lake Celebrates First Solar Project To Benefit Low-Income Families

The only solar energy project in the entire United States to benefit the federal Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program is up and running on the Leech Lake...

Company Wants To Enable Minnesotans With Solar Energy

A non-profit organization wants to develop innovative projects that enable low-income Americans in Minnesota to go solar. The Rural Renewable Energy Alliance (RREAL) is...

Rural Renewable Energy Alliance Awarded Grant to Fund Community Solar on Leech Lake Reservation

PINE RIVER- The nonprofit organization Rural Renewable Energy Alliance, or RREAL, has been awarded a $500,000 grant to fund a 200kW share solar array in the Leech Lake...

RREAL Installs Solar Panels for Lakes Area Habitat For Humanity

Lakes Area Habitat for Humanity just got a little greener. The local non-profit responsible for building 20 houses in Cass, Hubbard and Crow Wing Counties received a...

Creating a permaculture in Minnesota

Creating a culture that provides energy and nutritious needs while sustaining the environment. Hunt Utilities Group created a campus in Pine River that is working towards...