Wind energy is rapidly becoming a significant force in West Virginia’s evolving energy landscape. Once defined primarily by its coal…
Stuart Lavalier has been making improvements to his farm in northern Minnesota for years, but his latest addition is already a true cash crop. Lavalier’s Berry Patch and Orchard started off with strawberries and grew to include pumpkins, blueberries, honeyberries, lingonberries, cherries and apples. Now, the berry patch has one more money-maker: a 27.3-kilowatt solar array that zeroes out his electricity bill and adds to the farm’s income stream.
“We’re seeing a negative number on our electric bill,” Lavalier told Resource Rural. “We don’t have a huge electricity bill, but the solar covers it.”
In his first year with the array, he’s already seeing the benefit to the farm’s bottom line. “We’ve been getting a check back each month of about $300.”
Despite booming growth in residential solar installations, Jason Carney, an African American solar installer from Nashville, Tennessee often found himself the only person of color (POC) in professional solar settings…
In De Soto, Missouri’s town center, over 200 residents live on a flood plain. Historically, this area didn’t experience flooding, but recently, as reported by NASA and other scientists, climate…
This year, Minnesota enacted a law requiring a transition to 100% carbon-neutral energy by 2040, signaling significant changes in energy production, sale, and distribution. Many are aware of the clean…
Boulder, Colorado – Upon returning from the Peace Corps and his tenure as a diplomat in Africa, Byron Kominek found his family’s 24-acre farm near Boulder, Colorado, struggling financially. The…
Platte County, Nebraska – Brothers Terry and Steve Brockhaus were struggling to keep the family cattle business afloat as livestock prices became too volatile and fell too low., That’s when…
Wisconsin – If there’s one thing Lynn Wingers cherishes, it’s the soil beneath his feet. As a proud farmer, he has sowed corn and alfalfa across the Wisconsin plains, relishing…
Milwaukee County, WI – Valley Park in Milwaukee County was just a field of tall grass and overgrown bushes until resident Janet Haas decided enough was enough and took to…
33-year-old West Virginia man Junior Walk has been plagued by coal his entire life. His schoolyard growing up was covered in coal dust. He followed his family’s footsteps and joined…