Regional Presentations
The presentations on this page were shown all over the state, mostly at regional CERT meetings. Presentations from the annual CERTs Conference can be found here.
Contents
| Global Warming | Biofuels | Solar | Energy Efficiency | Planning & Outreach |
| Renewable Energy | Biomass | Wind | Transmission | Other |
Global Warming
How are YOU going to cut global warming from power production? (316kb pdf) — Steven J. Taft, UMN Department of Applied Economics. Northeast Region
NE CERT Carbon Cap & Trade Meeting, June 11, 2007. Northeast Region
- Meeting Notes
- Understanding Carbon Credit Opportunities in Northeast Minnesota (300kb pdf) — Dean Current, CINRAM UMN Department of Forest Resources
- Policies for a reduced carbon world (500kb pdf) — Steven J. Taff, UMN Department of Applied Economics
- Managing Minnesota’s Carbon Stocks (95kb pdf) — Cheryl Miller, Minnesota Terrestrial Carbon Sequestration Initiative
Renewable Energy
Renewable Energy Technology (4.4mb pdf) — Andy Aden, NREL. Metro Region
Renewable Energy in Minnesota (4.4mb pdf) – Cecil Massie, 6Solutions LLC. Northwest Region
Renewable Energy Clean Air Project (5mb pdf) – Laurentian RC&D, Koochiching Cty. Northwest Region
Growing Demand for Renewable Energy (88kb pdf) — Alan Doering, AURI. Southwest Region
Minnesota’s Renewable Energy Standard & Community-Based Energy Development (478kb pdf) — Andrew J. Falk, Wind Energy Developer. West Central Region
Grant Opportunities for Renewable Energy & Energy Efficiency (112kb pdf) — Kellye Rose, Rose Consulting Service. West Central Region
USDA Rural Development: Housing, Utility, and Business Services, and The Renewable Energy & Energy Efficiency Improvement Program (9.3mb pdf) — Lisa Noty, Rural Advantage. West Central Region
Building Green Schools, Securing Our Future (2.7mb pdf) – Dan Miller, JLG Architects. West Central Region
Biofuels
Cellulose: The Future of Ethanol (588kb pdf) – Mark Lindquist, The Minnesota Project. Southeast Region
Feedstocks for Cellulosic Biofuels (2.1mb pdf) – Jim Kleinschmidt, IATP. Southeast Region
Biodiesel and Ethanol (1.7mb pdf) — Michael Sparby, AURI. Northwest Region
What is Biodiesel? Just give me the Facts (645kb pdf) — Chuck Neece, FUMPA BioFuels. Southwest Region
NW CERT Cellulosic Fuel and Product Industry Forum: Current Practices, Future Possibilities, April 25, 2007. Northwest Region
- Opportunities for Crop Residue Fibers (508kb pdf) — AURI
- Rural Advantage (3.8mb pdf) — Linda Meschke, Rural Advantage
- Crookston Area Biofuels Assessment (250kb pdf) — Trenton Haffley
- Big Picture Industry Potential (250mb pdf) — Brendan Jordan, Great Plains Institute
- Minnesota Biomass Resources: Technologies, Evaluations, and Inventories (465kb pdf) — Keith R. Butcher, CEE
- Water Supply and Ethanol Production (3.7mb pdf) — Bob Merritt, MN DNR Waters
- Ethanol Production: Setting the Course (556kb pdf) — Myrna Halbach, MN PCA
- Current Practices, Future Possibilities – Small Scale Gasification (634kb pdf) — Michael Sparby, AURI
Renewable Energy Conference in Olivia, MN, Feb 8-9, 2007: Cellulosic Ethanol Meeting. West Central
- Ethanol and Cellulosic Ethanol Overview (85kb pdf) – Bill Lee, CVEC.
- Cellulosic Ethanol Options and Trade-Offs (181kb pdf) – Greg Cuomo, UMORE Park.
Biomass
Staples High School Students’ Presentation to School Board Advocating Corn Burner (1.5mb pdf) Central Region
Landfill Gas Utilization (1.27mb pdf) — UND EERC. Northwest Region
Landfill Gas Utilization (3.54mb pdf) — Tom Newman, MN PCA. Northwest Region
Gasification of Solid Waste (1mb pdf) — Darren Schmidt, UND EERC. Northwest Region
Biogas Treatment Cost Reduction Strategies (4.5mb pdf) – AFT. Northwest Region
Integrated Solid Waste Management (1.3mb pdf) — Rodney Ambrosie, Polk County Solid Waste. Northwest Region
From Waste to Watts: Methane Recovery for Power Generation – Sustainable Biosolids Management in the Future (3.2mb pdf) — Baumgartner Envioronics. Southwest Region
Southwest CERT Biomass (257kb pdf). Southwest Region
What is it that you really need? Adapting Stover (638kb pdf) — IronHorse Farms. Southwest Region
Laurentian Energy Authority: Renewable Biomass, Combined Heat and Power Energy Production from the Hibbing and Virginia Public Utilities (1.8mb pdf) West Central Region
Solar
Solar Funding Options (8.1mb pdf) – CR Planning. West Central Region
Wind
Wind Development 101 (3.6mb pdf) — Brian Antonich, Windustry. This is an excellent general overview for developing wind energy with a focus on small, residential-scale wind turbines. Northeast Region
Park Rapids primer presentation on wind power (1.1mb pdf) – Shane Graham, Park Rapids School. Central Region
The Economics of Community Wind Projects: Big Stone County (67kb pdf) – Arne Kildegaard, Ph.D., UMN Morris. West Central Region
Community vs. Corporate Wind: Does it Matter Who Develops the Wind in Big Stone County, MN? (236kb pdf) and accompanying report – Arne Kildegaard, Ph.D. and Josephine Myers-Kuykindall, UMN Morris. West Central Region
Community Wind (1mb pdf) — Karen Anderson, American Sustainable Energy Council. West Central Region
Size, Scale and Ownership Opportunities (1.3mb pdf) — Steve Wagner, USDA-ARS. West Central Region
Small Wind Development (2.9mb pdf) — Bob Meyerson and David Winkelman, Winkelman’s Environmentally Responsible Construction. West Central Region
Community-Based Energy Development (C-BED) (67kb pdf) — Mark Rathbun, Great River Energy. West Central Region
Clean Renewable Energy Bonds (CREBs): A Tool for Renewable Energy Financing – WC CERT Meeting, April 29, 2008 in Sunburg, MN. West Central Region
- Meeting Notes
- Utilizing Clean Renewable Energy Bonds for Our Communities (1mb pdf) – Cory Marquart, WCROC
- CREBs with 40 MN School Districts (750kb pdf) – Arif Quraishi, Johnson Controls
Minnesota Wind Development and Roads, Bridges, & Land Use – SW CERT Meeting, February 11, 2008 in Windom, MN. Southwest Region
- Meeting Notes
- Minnesota Wind Development and Roads, Bridges, & Land Use (4mb pdf) – Annette Bair, SRDC & SW CERT Coordinator
- Minnesota Energy Facility Permitting (254kb pdf) – Adam Sokolski & Deborah Pile, Minnesota Department of Commerce, Energy Facilities Permitting
NW CERT Meeting on Wind Development, August 3, 2006. Northwest Region
- Wind Energy Update (2.2mb pdf) — Brian Antioch, Windustry
- Wind Energy Development Overview (13mb pdf) — Mike Reese, West Central Research and Outreach Center
- Working with your Utility (650kb pdf) — Darryl Tveitbakk, Northern Municipal Power Association
- Wind Energy Resource and Wind Farm Siting (1.8mb pdf) — Brad Stevens, UND EERC
- Wind Turbine Zoning for CERTs (544kb pdf) — Mark Lindquist, The Minnesota Project
- Proforma (18kb pdf) — Dr. Ed Persons, Grant County Wind
- Wind Power Project Financing (1.1mb pdf) — Patrick Pelstring, Wind Energy Developers, LLC
Renewable Energy Conference in Olivia, MN, Feb 8-9, 2007: Wind Energy Meeting. West Central
- Putting Together a Wind Project: To do Items (3.2mb pdf) – Mike Reese, UMN Morris WCROC
- Wind Resource Assessment (1.9mb pdf) – Steve Wagner, USDA-ARS
- Construction & Costs of Small Wind Projects (8.2mb pdf) – David Winkelman, Winkelman’s Environmentally Responsible Construction
- C-BED: Models of Wind Farms (242kb pdf) – Dan Juhl, DanMar & Associates
- Community Wind Development Models, including C-BED (585kb pdf) – Karen Anderson, American Sustainable Energy Council
- Incentives: USDA Farm Bill (1.7mb pdf) – Lisa Noty, USDA
Local Energy Initiatives Meetings on MN Distributed Generation Study, Fall 2007 Statewide
- Using a Dispersed Strategy in your Region – Mike Michaud, Matrix Energy Solutions
- Dispersed Generation Interconnection Study: Context & Process – Mike Bull, Assistant Commissioner of Renewable Energy, MN Deptartment of Commerce
- Scale and Ownership of Renewable Energy – John Farrell, Research Associate, Institute For Local Self-Reliance
Wind Land Lease Forums
NW CERT Meeting on Land Leases for Wind Development, June 18, 2008. Northwest Region
- Agenda
- Meeting Summary
- Wind Energy Overview and Opportunities (1.6mb pdf) Brad Stevens, EERC
- C-BED Initiatives (6.2mb pdf) — Cheryl Glaeser, Program Specialist, Southwest Initiative Foundation
SE CERT Meeting on Land Leases for Wind Development, June 25, 2008. Southeast Region
- Agenda
- Meeting Summary
- Rural Energy Development Initiative (REDI) (6mb pdf) — Cheryl Glaeser, Program Specialist, Southwest Initiative Foundation
- Wind Energy Options for Farmers & Rural Landowners: Risks and Rewards (730kb pdf) — Melissa Peterson, Program Analyst, Windustry
WC CERT Meeting on Land Leases for Wind Development, June 27, 2008. West Central Region
- Agenda
- Meeting Summary
- Rural Energy Development Initiative (REDI) (3.6mb pdf) — Cheryl Glaeser, Program Specialist, Southwest Initiative Foundation
- Wind Energy Options for Farmers & Rural Landowners: Risks and Rewards (740kb pdf) — Melissa Peterson, Program Analyst, Windustry
- Dispersed Renewable Generation Transmission Study (3.7mb pdf) — Mike Michaud, Matrix Energy Solutions
Energy Efficiency
Energy Conservation & Efficiency (1.1mb pdf) — Alecia Ward, MEEA. Metro Region
Energy Study of Murdock Elementary: Reworking an Existing Facility (1mb pdf) – Stan Simon, S.L. Simon Engineering. West Central Region
Natural Gas and Heating (263kb pdf) West Central Region
Transmission
The Events of August 14, 2003: Transmission Grid Reliability (1.2mb pdf) — Tom Bowe, PJM Interconnection. Metro Region
Distributed Generation: Interconnection and Safety (448kb pdf) — Christopher Reed, Nemadji Energy Company. Northwest Region
Transmission & Otter Tail Power (1.98mb pdf) — Bryan D. Morlock, Otter Tail Power. Northwest Region
The Region’s Power System (1.75mb pdf) — Darryl Tveitbakk. Northwest Region
Great River Energy Overview (144kb pdf) — Tim Seck, Great River Energy. West Central Region
Planning & Outreach
Northwest CERTs Outreach (864kb pdf) – Northwest CERT. Northwest Region
West Central CERTs Update (1mb pdf) West Central Region
Crookston Campus Sustainability Assessment (streaming windows media video) — Fabian Pommier. Northwest Region
Other
Metro CERTs Network Kick-off – 4-15-2008 (1.76mb pdf) – Diana McKeown. Metro Region
Northeast Minnesota Electric Generation Data (165kb pdf) – Felix Amenumey & NE CERT Inventory and Assessment Committee. Northeast Region
Technology Innovation and Development—the Process of Achieving a Sustainable Energy Future (3.8mb pdf) — Lowell Miller, US DOE. Metro Region
Re-licensing Nuclear Power Plants (244kb pdf) — Frank Gillespie, US NRC. Metro Region
The potential and challenge of a hydrogen-electric economy (2.1mb pdf) — Rolf Nordstrom, Great Plains Institute. West Central
West Central CERT Hydrogen Update (873kb pdf) — Cory Marquart, UMN WCROC. West Central