Minnesotans Building a Clean Energy Future

The Clean Energy Resource Teams (CERTs) Project, started in 2003, is made up of community members across Minnesota who share a bold vision for Minnesota's energy future: to foster strong communities, to create local jobs, and to develop clean and reliable energy from wind, biomass, and solar power, among others. CERTs works to connect people with the technical resources needed to identify and implement community-scale energy efficiency and clean energy projects, thus helping Minnesotan's vision become a reality, one project at a time. You can help build Minnesota's clean energy future!      Learn more about CERTs >>

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Question of the Week

WHAT DOES A GOOD WIND LAND LEASE LOOK LIKE?

 
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. Read more to learn what they found out!

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Featured Case Study

Solar Pioneers: A Case Study of the SE Como Neighborhood Solar Thermal Project

This report focuses on one neighborhood’s effort to jump start solar thermal in the Twin Cities. It also contains useful information on the potential of solar hot water systems in Minnesota.

Regional Spotlight

West Central

West Central CERT Region
Kandiyohi County implemented several small wind projects; Murdoch School just finished an efficiency study, and the Greater Milan Initiative will conduct energy planning for the Milan School Project; Prairie Woods ELC gear up to be totally renewably powered with upcoming solar installations, and the Willmar Youth Energy Summit team will build a community greenhouse; and MN Valley Alfalfa Producers Co-op is undertaking biomass research and commercialization, while the Pope SWCD tests hybrid poplars as a woody biomass feedstock