The Solaqua team is focused on the research and development of renewable energy technologies that will eventually be implemented at the mill. Please check this page regularly for project updates and photos and explore the links to the left to learn about projects currently underway.

SunDog Solar has completed major renewable energy improvements on Building 14 as a model for later adoption at the mill, including a 12.6kW solar PV electrical system, with another 25kW to be installed in 2009. A 500K BTU waste vegetable oil boiler heats the building, with propane serving as backup alternative energy. Several rooftop solar thermal arrays provide hot water, exterior closed-cell soy foam insulation, double storm windows and T5 fluorescent lighting with motion switches make this building a carbon-neutral, energy-efficient model for future development at the mill, and for other commercial businesses.