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Our Mission:
The Midwest Renewable Energy Association promotes renewable energy, energy efficiency, and sustainable living through education and demonstration.

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Welcome to the Midwest Renewable Energy Association
The Midwest Renewable Energy Association (MREA) is a non-profit 501(C)3 tax exempt organization founded in 1990. Our mission is to promote renewable energy, energy efficiency, and sustainable living through education and demonstration. For more information about our events, membership opportunities, ReNews newsletter, or workshops, please click on the links above.


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MREA News
MREA Receives $3.3 Million Award!
We did it! The MREA Recently Received a DOE Grant to Train Instructors Throughout the Midwest.
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced late last week that it had selected the MREA to provide solar energy training and resources to technical and community college instructors across the Midwest.

With $3.3 million in funding over five years, we will work with training partners in Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Iowa, and Minnesota to offer instructor training institutes, provide instructional resources, and organize a network of Midwest solar training programs.

This effort is part of a national initiative by the DOE, in which eight other organizations have been funded to advance similar efforts in other regions of the country. The trainings and resources will help advance instruction about solar electric and solar heating and cooling technologies, increasing the quality and availability of training programs across the U.S.

Dr. Tehri Parker, our executive director, is excited about this 憂ew era?of solar training. 揟raining in solar electric and solar thermal technologies belongs in every technical and community college across the country. It should be a fundamental component of degree programs that focus on electrical engineering, HVAC, plumbing, and related fields.?

We offer courses in solar electric, solar thermal, small wind energy, and green building at our training center, the ReNew the Earth Institute, here in Custer, Wisconsin. The MREA has 38 instructors that serve the more than 2,000 people a year that participate in our nationally accredited training programs. The award from the DOE will allow us to strengthen our partnerships throughout the Midwest and serve the growing demand for instructor training.

To find out more about the Department of Energy抯 solar market transformation initiative, including the solar installer instructor training network, visit www.eere.energy.gov.



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Solar Thermal Conference 2009
We are hosting the Solar Thermal '09 this December in Madison, WI. This conference will highlight solar water and space heating technologies, and will feature keynotes, workshops, and exhibitors.
Registration is $100 before 11/1/09 and $150 after 11/1/09. Go HERE and register for the Solar Thermal Conference today!