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MREA’s Julie Brazeau Named IREC Certified Trainer of the Year Announced by IREC at Intersolar During an awards ceremony at Intersolar North America, the Interstate Renewable Energy Council (IREC) honored its 2018 3iAward recipients, celebrating the nation’s best innovation, ingenuity and inspiration in renewable energy and energy efficiency. The winners are based on a prestigious […]

Join our team and help build a sustainable world. We are currently hiring! The MREA promotes renewable energy, energy efficiency, and sustainable living through education and demonstration. MREA is an equal employment opportunity employer and will not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment in a manner that violates the law. MREA is committed […]

The Midwest Renewable Energy Association (MREA) would like to invite you to participate as a host site in The 2018 Solar Tour! Open your doors to the public and share how renewable energy, energy efficiency, and sustainability work in your home or business in celebration of Energy Awareness Month! The Wisconsin Solar Tour seeks to […]

We’ve put together another round of Solar Group Buy Programs for 2018! Solar Group Buy Programs work with communities, home and business owners to help pool their buying power and secure significant discounts that make installing solar more affordable. Through free educational “Power Hours” participants can learn about solar technology and the process of going solar, […]

Thank you to everyone who attended this year’s Energy Fair. We hope to see you again next year for our 30th Anniversary: June 21-23, 2019!  

The Midwest Renewable Energy Association (MREA) is pleased to announce its recent award from the Interstate Renewable Energy Council (IREC) as a Training Provider. MREA has maintained varying accreditation designations through IREC since 2010, and on April 11th, 2018, was recognized by the IREC Credentialing Award Committee as meeting the IREC Standard 01023: General Requirements […]

Start planning your Energy Fair workshop schedule based on your interests! Workshop categories include alternative construction/green building, biomass, clean transportation, community involvement & activism, educator, energy efficiency & conservation, financial, photovoltaics (solar electric), professional development, rainbow’s end (kid’s tent), solar professional, solar thermal, sustainable farm & garden, sustainable living, and wind systems. Workshops are included […]

The Midwest Renewable Energy Association wants to provide your community with no-cost assistance to foster solar development and advance renewable energy. Learn how we can help! Meet Eric Rehm, your Community’s SolSmart Advisor. SolSmart Program Background SolSmart is a national solar designation program recognizing cities, counties, and towns that foster development of mature local solar […]

The Rural Renewable Energy Alliance (RREAL) is being recognized for 2018 Energy and Climate award from the Environmental Initiative for their Community Solar for Community Action (CS4CA) project. Working with RREAL, under the US DOE Solar in Your Community Challenge, the MREA co-authored the Leech Lake Case Study Report that analyzed the environmental, social and […]

Midwest Renewable Energy Association guides 14 higher educational teams through solar development process in new PV Development for Institutions Course With support from the U.S. Department of Energy Solar Energy Technologies Office (Award Number DE-EE0006910), the Midwest Renewable Energy Association (MREA) recently completed the first iteration of their new Photovoltaic (PV) Development for Institutions Course […]