Local Solutions: Shiloh Community Solar
Posted by Alice Madden on September 23, 2015
Check out the visionary community solar work happening now in North Minneapolis.
This project is a product of a new collaboration between Shiloh Temple, Minnesota Interfaith Power & Light (MNIPL), Sierra Club North Star, Neighborhoods Organizing for Change (NOC), Renewable NRG Partners, & Cooperative Energy Futures.
The core priorities of the project are creating access to clean energy for all, and providing job training in the solar industry to local, low-income residents.
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