July 18, 2019

Solar non-profits develop 300-kW solar system at Standing Rock Reservation

Author: Billy Ludt

GivePower, a non-profit organization that provides solar energy solutions to developing regions, led the effort to build the CannonBall Community Solar Farm in partnership with Empowered by Light, a non-profit focused on solar microgrids for developing communities.
Located three miles from the Dakota Access Pipeline and on the Standing Rock Indian Reservation in CannonBall, North Dakota, the 300-kW solar farm is a demonstration of the Sioux Nation Tribe’s long history of advocacy for the soverei