Article originally published by Carlson Electric LLC
In an initiative to reduce the future electric bills for rural development communities in, and around, Hayward, WI, Sawyer County Housing Authority (SCHA) partnered with Carlson Electric to install a total of 52 renewable energy rooftop mounted solar systems. The solar energy project… is expected to offset over 90 percent of the SCHA’s annual electric use and is expected to produce around 190,000 kWh per year… spread out across six different housing development sites…
To assist in keeping the costs low for the project, Legacy Solar Cooperative and Renew Wisconsin have both joined in to award SCHA with grants to help fund the initiative through the Solar For Good Program – a program specifically designed to help make solar more affordable…