JANUARY 19, 2018 – Mike Hughlett An Xcel Energy proposal that attracted a multitude of low-cost bids to develop wind and solar projects in Colorado that include battery storage is raising hopes that the concept could become more widespread, including in Minnesota. Wind and solar farms can produce electricity only intermittently, and industrial-scale batteries are… READ MORE
Clean energy jobs are booming in Minnesota People are installing renewables and making buildings more energy efficient. 01 : 30 MINSEC By Daisy Simmons Wednesday, February 14, 2018 Clean energy takes a lot of work – and that’s good news for Minnesota’s job market. Mast: “This rapid transition to cleaner and more sustainable energy is driving… READ MORE
By Conor Ryan Nov 30, 2017 5:01 AM GMT A new report from the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA), The Solar Foundation and Generation 180 showcases the major growth of PV in K-12 schools in the United States. According to the report, PV capacity in US schools have nearly doubled since 2014, with 5,489 K-12 schools now… READ MORE
September 7, 2017-Logan O’Grady Clean energy jobs in Minnesota grew 3.8 times faster than overall job growth Industry drives Minnesota’s economic growth, adding 2,893 jobs in past year 30 percent of the State’s clean energy jobs are in Greater Minnesota MINNEAPOLIS (Sept. 7, 2017) – Clean Energy Economy Minnesota (CEEM) today released a new report from Clean Energy Trust and Environmental… READ MORE
October 14, 2017 Karla Lant The level of minimum power demand from South Australia’s grid hit a new record low — and it did so about a week after setting the previous low demand record, thanks to rooftop solar panels. On Sunday, September 17, only 587.8MW of power was drawn from the grid, beating the low mark of… READ MORE
OCTOBER 1, 2017 Neal St. Anthony Minnesota’s fast-growing clean-energy economy, rooted in wind, solar, conservation, technology and even software, is a change for a state that historically imported its energy. Alexandria Industries, which designs and makes aluminum industrial products, doesn’t look like an “alternative-energy” company.However, about 10 percent of its 400 employees in Alexandria, Minn.,… READ MORE
AUGUST 30, 2017 CHRISTIAN ROSELUND The utility has the support of Vote Solar and Colorado SEIA as part of a broad coalition backing its Colorado Energy Plan. Regardless of the delusional 19th-century energy ambitions of the Trump Administration, American utilities are increasingly closing “baseload” coal and nuclear plants and abandoning new projects as they move… READ MORE
Business Elizabeth Dunbar July 11, 2017 Here, solar panels at Camp Ripley seen in April outside Little Falls, Minn. Paul Middlestaedt for MPR News file A new report from the University of Minnesota’s Energy Transition Lab shows adding energy storage is becoming a cost effective way to meet electricity demand in the state. The report… READ MORE
The Burnsville-Eagan-Savage School District is going to install several solar energy panels that it said could save about $1 million over the next 25 years. The school board at its June 22 meeting approved a contract with Minneapolis-based company Ideal Energies for a “solar arrays” energy project, which are essentially several solar panels that will… READ MORE
June 2, 2017 | Energy SAINT PAUL — Minnesota generated more than 22 percent of its electricity from renewable energy sources in 2016, up from less than seven percent a decade earlier, according to a new report by the Minnesota Department of Commerce. The latest number puts the state well on pace to exceed its… READ MORE