Grants Awarded For Local Clean Energy Projects

Three farms in northwest Minnesota will receive grants from the Rural Energy for America Program, or REAP.  R & T Stenerson Farms in Hendrum will use a half million dollar grant to install an energy efficient grain dryer.  This project is expected to save $3000 per year.  Pederson Brothers Partnership in Bejou will receive almost $150,000 to install a 50 kilowatt solar array, which is expected to save the farm $11,000 per year.  And the Byron Marsh farm in Shevlin will also install a 50 kilowatt solar array, thanks to a grant of almost $135,000.  The Marsh farm is expected to save $11,000 per year.