Clean Energy Resource Teams

Location: Cowles Auditorium, Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs
Contact Info: Steve Peterson: 651-259-1922, smpeterson@faherty-hood.com

Description: In Minnesota, the discussion is over: Climate change is real and it’s time to do something about it. In 2007, the legislature and governor took action and passed Minnesota’s greenhouse gas reduction goals that call for an 80 percent reduction in CO2 by 2050. To accomplish this goal, reductions in CO2 must come from all areas of production. The largest contributor to CO2 in Minnesota is transportation. So what does that have to do with land use? Click here for more info.

Christopher Childs is a board member for the Minnesota Renewable Energy Society and Conservation Chair for the Sierra Club’s North Star Chapter. He has installed 3 kW of solar photovoltaic system on his home in St. Paul. Call 507-775-2814 or click here for more info.

Hear from the experts on Renewable Energy Payments: Feed-in tariff guru Paul Gipe gives the policy overview; National policy expert Wilson Rickerson illustrates the spreading wave of feed-in tariff legislation; Click here for more info.