Employees from Revision Energy install 143 solar panels on the roof of the equipment barn at North Country Rivers in Bingham on Thursday. Dustin Reynolds hands a panel to Arthur Nerzig as Alex Strugatski waits to place it.

Jim Murton, owner of North Country Rivers in Bingham, stands between two water tanks filled with pre-heated water from solar panels that will be used with a wood pellet heating to create an energy efficiency system and independence for the company.

John Luft, left, and Brian Byrne of Revision Energy discuss installing 143 solar panels on the roof of the main building at North Country Rivers in Bingham at the start of the project recently.

One of 143 solar panels is passed up to be installed on the roof of a building at North Country Rivers in Bingham on Thursday. Alex Strutgatski, top, of Revision Energy, prepares to set it in place with others after Dustin Reynolds passed it up.