Two Rural Electric Cooperatives Overcome Barriers To Clean, Local Energy | CleanTechnica

As they did with delivering electricity to America’s Heartland, rural electric cooperatives can lead in bringing renewable energy to rural communities.

“Our story is really a real story, not something you hope happens,” said Reyes. “We’re actually doing it. As we talk, we’re having arrays built. I really do think this is the real deal and this is the future in energy, is giving it back to the people instead of having a central source and delivering it, having a more distributed system that is local and controlled by the local community.”

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