2025 MREA Staff Picks
BLOG2025 MREA Staff PicksAs 2025 comes to a close, MREA staff provide their top books, movies, podcasts, and more to...
Three Cheers for the Couillard Solar Foundation!
BLOGThree Cheers for the Couillard Solar Foundation!A message and call to action from MREA Executive Director Nick Hylla as the...
Knowledge Is Power
Knowledge Is Power MREA partners with the US Army’s 249th Engineer Battalion to strengthen military energy capabilities through customized solar...
Focus on Energy Publishes New Trade Ally Research with MREA Support
FOCUS ON ENERGYⓇ recently completed the Trade Ally Technical Assistance Research project. This research builds on the 2024 Empowering Trade...
Powering Careers Through Custom Solar Training Across Wisconsin
MREA partners with Focus on Energy–APTIM to deliver hybrid solar education to students statewide. This past spring, the Midwest Renewable...
Solar on Schools: Eleven Wisconsin K-12 Schools and Colleges Awarded Solar Grants
Through generous support from the Couillard Solar Foundation, the Midwest Renewable Energy Association’s Solar on Schools grant program continues to...
Solar Training Success at Stateline Solar
Customized Solar Training for Solar Companies At the Midwest Renewable Energy Association (MREA), we understand that a well-trained workforce is...
STEM Meets Solar
STEM Meets Solar MREA partners with the CTE Innovation Center in Greenville, SC to bring introductory solar training to high...
Off-Grid PV System Design: A Guide to Load Analysis and Storage with Kris Schmid
Hello! I’m Kris Schmid, an instructor for the Midwest Renewable Energy Association (MREA). I’ve had the pleasure of teaching at...
Solar Plus Storage Modeling with SAM: A Guide by Paul Gillman
Hello! I’m Paul Gilman, and I’m an online instructor for the Midwest Renewable Energy Association. I teach Introduction to the...
Solar PV Modeling with SAM: A Guide by Paul Gillman
Hello! I’m Paul Gilman, and I’m an Instructor for the Midwest Renewable Energy Association (MREA). I teach PV 430, a...
Solar on Schools Grant Application Now Open — Apply by April 18, 2025
The Midwest Renewable Energy Association (MREA) is proud to announce that the Solar on Schools grant application period is now...