CLEER, Garfield Clean Energy and CORE invites everyone interested in further development of local solar energy to attend a free workshop, Working Together to Maximize Local Solar to Power Our Region, on Friday, July 14, in Rifle, the U.S. community with the most publicly-owned solar energy per capita located within town boundaries.

Speakers include Kevin Cray, solar trade relations manager for Xcel Energy, Bryan Hannegan, CEO of Holy Cross Energy and a former research and development leader with the National Renewable Energy Laboratory and the Electric Power Research Institute, and Kevin Brehm, rural electric co-op and municipal utility lead for the Rocky Mountain Institute’s Shine Initiative.

Working Together to Maximize Local Solar to Power Our Region is set for 10 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. on Friday, July 14, at the solar-powered Rifle Branch Library, 207 East Ave. The Rifle Library, with a 53-kilowatt array on its roof, is one of 13 public buildings and facilities powered by a solar arrays generating a total of 3 megawatts of solar energy.

A free lunch will be served for those who register.