About Our Business
ABOUT US
Edward Nobach Jr.  Red Wing MN.
While in the military in the early 1970's, Ed was stationed in Alaska for three years where he put together his
fondness of the water pumping windmill on the family farm and the ceaseless wind of the Aleutian Islands.  Way
out far from nowhere there was energy all around but every bit of usable energy had to be shipped in from
thousands of miles away.  It seemed to be like that everywhere in Alaska.   
EMPLYOYEES
After the military Ed attended the University of Minnesota with hopes of Engineering School but the usual conflicts
of Calculus and lack of money after 2 1/2 years sent him to a school that teaches only Renewable Energy.  The
Red Wing Energy Education Center in Red Wing, Minnesota in 1982.  At the start of the Wind Farm Revolution he
then went to California's Altamont Pass near San Francisco.  While there he participated in Research and
Development of 1800 95kw(kilowatt) wind turbines and then on to being responsible for the construction of the
world's largest privately owned turbines, the Fayette 400kw machine.  He was also hired out to do scientific testing
of other companies turbines and took part in D.O.E. wind experiments.  The research that was done then made it
possible to create the giant turbines today.
After 5 years in the Altamont, Ed returned to Minnesota with the intention of forming a Non-Profit organization
dealing with renewable energy and the saving of the small family farm.  His work was met with little interest in the
1990's and after 2 years of looking for funding he went to work in the field of Robotics and Automation which
directly relate to Renewable Energy and Agriculture as the small farmer of the future must depend on computers
and automation to stay competitive with the corporate farms.  He also spent 5 years working on a Dairy Farm to
get to know the ins and outs of the troubles that farmers face and the energy that it takes to survive.
Finally, over 30 years after inception, Sunrise Alternatives is in business with hopes of straightening out the mess
the world seems to have gotten itself into.  All we can do now is TURN TO TH SUN.