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
Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Electric Power Monthly For the first time, monthly electricity generation from wind and solar (including utility-scale plants and small-scale systems) exceeded 10% of total electricity generation in the United States, based on March data in EIA’s Electric Power Monthly. Electricity generation from both of these energy sources has grown with… READ MORE
Jun 16, 2017, 2:00am CDT The Minneapolis-St. Paul Business Journal held a panel discussion recently on the topic of energy. Panel members included Andrew Moratzka, energy regulatory partner at Stoel Rives; Brent Wavra, president and director of business development at CxS Connect; Chris Psihos, president and CEO of iDEAL Energies; and Jim Berge, business development… READ MORE
Minnesota Experiences ‘Dramatic’ Solar Growth by Joseph Bebon on May 08, 2017 On a bright, sunny Minnesota spring day, with solar panels in the background, Minnesota Commerce Commissioner Mike Rothman announced that the state is enjoying dramatic growth in solar power, adding nearly as much new solar capacity in just the first three months of… READ MORE
By Alexandra Larkin, CNN Updated 1:14 PM ET, Thu April 6, 2017 Story highlights The Kentucky Coal Mining Museum is switching to solar power The museum is hoping to save money through the switch to a cheaper system (CNN)You wouldn’t expect a museum dedicated to the coal industry to run on anything other than coal… READ MORE
04.19.17 | David Lumb Amid the decline of coal power, one fossil fuel company is refurbishing one of its old strip mining sites as a solar farm. Berkeley Energy Group is settingup two sites in eastern Kentucky as test locations to see if the concept is feasible. Early estimates peg the farm’s production at 50… READ MORE
Educational, operational and financial opportunities to consider when adding solar energy to your K12 district Ray Bendici 4/10/2017 SUNNY DAYS AHEAD—The rural Sheridan School District in Indiana is the first in the state to be completely powered by solar, thanks to a 1.8-megawatt system. Installed in 2016, the panels above should generate up to 2.2… READ MORE
The 2016 Clean Energy Awards Press Release January 4, 2017 Global Energy News Magazine Announces Winners of the 2016 Clean Energy Awards. United Kingdom, January 2017- Global Energy News magazine announces the winners of the 2016 Clean Energy Awards. As the world gets to grips with the realities of global warming and consumers become more… READ MORE