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Solar Systems 5: Bemidji Solar Co-op

https://www.solarunitedneighbors.org/minnesota/go-solar-in-minnesota/go-solar-in-a-minnesota-group/bemidji-solar-co-op/

Our series on the rapid growth of solar power in Minnesota continues this morning with a look at solar opportunities for people in the Bemidji area.

Our guests were Anna Carlson - Assistant Professor at Bemidji State University’s Center for Sustainability Studiesand Minnesota program director for Solar United Neighbors Virginia Rutter, a national organization that helps people and businesses plan and develop solar power in their communities.  Virginia is working with Anna Carlson and others to build the Bemidji Solar Co-op. They are also beginning meetings on an Iron Range Solar Co-op that includes communites on Hwy 169 from Grand Rapids to Ely. 

Heidi Holtan is KAXE's Director of Content and Public Affairs where she manages producers and is the local host of Morning Edition from NPR. Heidi is a regional correspondent for WDSE/WRPT's Duluth Public Television’s Almanac North.