Farmers Reports
By the University of Minnesota’s Central Regional Sustainable Development Partnership. This guide offers a path for local landowners to earn additional income while helping diminish adverse effects of global climate change through implementation of...
Prepared by Headwaters Regional Development Commission, this report explores opportunities to utilize natural resources to generate bioenergy in the Headwaters Region.
By Kandiyohi County and City of Willmar Economic Development Commission, Financial support from CERTs, among others (2007). Most everything you need to know about getting a small wind project on the ground in Kandiyohi County, MN is contained in this...
There are many ways we can empower ourselves, and those around us, to live more sustainably. Psychology, the study of human behavior, offers many insights. The purpose of this handbook is to introduce you to research-based tips from psychology to help...
In 2007, the Minnesota State Legislature (ML 2007, ch. 57) requested that the University of Minnesota produce an assessment of the potential capacity for carbon sequestration in Minnesota’s terrestrial ecosystems. This is February 2008 report to...
By Amanda Bilek, The Minnesota Project. Overview of small digesters in Minnesota with a focus on the Jennissen Farm.
This Handbook is designed to provide local community leaders of wholesale community wind projects with practical knowledge of what to expect when developing commercial-scale projects in the range of 2 to 50 Megawatts.
By Matt Schuerger, Energy Systems Consulting, LLC, and Brian Antonich, Antonich Wind Energy Consulting. In 2007 the Minnesota Legislature adopted a requirement for a Statewide Study of Dispersed Generation Potential. The Minnesota Department of Commerce...
By CERTs Staff. Learn more about the C-BED tariff, a public policy adopted by the Minnesota Legislature in 2005 to promote more locally-owned and dispersed wind energy facilities within the state.
As oil prices hover around $140/barrel, farmers are expressing interest in farm-based biofuel production to provide energy security and control of production costs. This project is focused on farm-scale opportunities to press oil from oilseed crops,...
Clean Energy Resource Teams