Submitted by Kat McCarthy on Thu, 07/31/2008 - 12:48.
In April 2008, the Minnesota Clean Energy Resource Teams (CERTs) received over 90 submissions for this year’s Request for Proposals to fund energy efficiency and renewable energy projects. This represents nearly a twofold increase in the amount of proposals submitted for spring of 2008, and attests to the tremendous wealth of clean energy projects happening in communities across the state.
Each of the six greater Minnesota steering committees (NE, NW, Central, WC, SW, SE) reviewed the proposals submitted in their region, and through a rigorous process selected 37 projects that highlight a variety of renewable energy and energy efficiency technologies. CERTs staff wish to commend our steering committee members for all the hard work and many hours of volunteer time they put into this effort.
Submitted by Dan Thiede on Wed, 07/23/2008 - 09:47.
Many land owners across the state have been approached recently with offers for wind energy land leases, leading the Northwest, Southeast, and West Central Regional Clean Energy Resource Teams to hold meetings in June where they discussed the ins and outs of land leases for wind development.
The meetings helped to educate the many attendees on wind rights and development choices, on how to ensure you get a fair agreement, on your options, about where to access resources for advice, and on some sense of the big picture and why this is an opportunity.
Read on to view the resources from the meetings, including notes and presentations. The more you know, the more you and your community have to gain!
Submitted by Dan Thiede on Thu, 05/22/2008 - 12:43.
Dan Thiede live-blogs this session at the Minnesota Green Communities third annual statewideGREEN BY DESIGN Conference
R.T. Rybak highlights Minneapolis and Minnesota steps toward green development, and gets us all fired up, Ellen Anderson discusses legislative intiatives and the merging of economic and social justice issues with energy issues, and Van Jones talks about building a green economy for all.
Submitted by Dan Thiede on Thu, 05/22/2008 - 09:25.
Dan Thiede live-blogs this session at the Minnesota Green Communities third annual statewideGREEN BY DESIGN Conference. View all conference presentations here.
Submitted by Dan Thiede on Wed, 05/21/2008 - 17:00.
Dan Thiede live-blogs this session at the Minnesota Green Communities third annual statewideGREEN BY DESIGN Conference. View all conference presentations here.
Submitted by Diana McKeown on Thu, 04/17/2008 - 23:22.
The Metro CERTs Network Kick-off on April 15th was attended by over 200 people, from elected officials to community members—and everyone in between! It was held at the Landmark Center in downtown St. Paul, where the main room was buzzing with conversation.
There was good energy, and many great connections made. “It was a very well done get together and I think very beneficial to everyone. You did a great job,” said Ruth Keely. Brian Flanagan felt much the same way: “Great venue last night. Good group of people—excellent for networking. The Food was outstanding; I hope you have more get togethers!” We even dubbed the King and Queen of networking, Beth Bennett and John Dunlop.
Submitted by Rin Porter on Wed, 02/27/2008 - 12:30.
The Duluth Energy Design Conference held February 26 and 27, 2008, at the Duluth Entertainment and Convention Center, offered 27 sessions per day for conference attendees to learn a vast array of green building techniques, small business practices, alternative energy technologies, construction financing methods, and storm water management principles. One speaker told audience members how to calculate their carbon footprints, and then once the footprint is known, how to reduce it.
In April 2008, the Minnesota Clean Energy Resource Teams (CERTs) received over 90 submissions for this year’s Request for Proposals to fund energy efficiency and renewable energy projects. This represents nearly a twofold increase in the amount of proposals submitted for spring of 2008, and attests to the tremendous wealth of clean energy projects happening in communities across the state.
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