ENERGY
Legislative notebook: House, Senate look to the sun for power
By Don Davis and Danielle Killey Minnesotans could sell solar power to electric utilities under a bill the House passed 70-63 late Tuesday. They pay someone who has solar on their house just what the ...
Posted on 5/8/13 at 8:29 AM
When the lights go out in Berlin: How the energy revolution is changing the way we think about energy consumption
December 2007: A few months after my grandma passed on, my aunt and uncle, who had inherited her house, went through all of her belongings to see what she had kept in the 60+ years she lived there. ...
Posted on 11/21/12 at 12:13 PM
The Good, the Bad and the Abysmally, Painfully Awful
Apparently, the movie Battleship is about as bad as you would have expected it to be. I have a hard time believing any movie could be as bad as Transformers was, but apparently this hits that low mark...
Posted on 5/23/12 at 1:26 PM
Green Scene No-Bake Energy Bites
I was on a mission. I needed more Green Scene No-Bake Energy Bites. I had been to the cozy organic market and deli just the week before. The half dozen Energy Bites I grabbed from the Green Scene deli...
Posted on 5/13/12 at 6:00 AM
The Future is Bleak
Yesterday's video was incredibly optimistic. Today's...not so much. This is actually a hard video to pay attention to because the presentation isn't very good. I'll sum up the points though. Paul G...
Posted on 3/2/12 at 7:52 PM
Nobles Wind Farm is now operational
December 29, 2010
Heron Lake Bioenergy to pay $66,000 environmental penalty
ST. PAUL - Heron Lake BioEnergy has agreed to pay a $66,000 penalty to resolve alleged violations of the company's state-issued environmental permits at its ethanol production facility in Heron Lake.By Daily Globe , December 27, 2010
As others see it: Iowa needs more wind power transmission lines
Iowa may be one of the smallest Midwestern states, but when it comes to wind power, it’s one of the mightiest — a literal wind magnet.By Quad-City Times , December 01, 2010
Column: Charting the future of woody biomass resources
ST. LOUIS PARK — Since its inception more than a century ago, Minnesota’s forest products industry continues to be a strong base in the state’s economy.By Tim Welle, The BioBusiness Alliance of Minnesota , November 17, 2010
As others see it: A long, cold winter ahead for some?
The Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program can literally be a lifesaver for some in this part of the Great White North. But it may not be able to help as many people this year.By The Journal of New Ulm , November 08, 2010
Wind turbine plan whips up a controversy
A proposal to construct a wind turbine network in the Town of Forest, east of New Richmond, isn’t being met with universal support.November 05, 2010
Suzlon laying off 110 workers
PIPESTONE — Pipestone’s Suzlon plant will be idled next month and 110 employees put out of work, according to a Star Tribune report posted on the newspaper’s website late Monday.By Daily Globe, via the Star Tribune , November 01, 2010
Enbridge agrees to pay $1 million for pollution violations
October 08, 2010
Xcel Energy seeks wind proposals
By Daily Globe , September 20, 2010
Students showcase homemade miniature solar water heaters
BEMIDJI - Bemidji State University professor Jim McCracken crouched down for a closer look at the disc-shaped contraption in front of him. It was painted black and topped with a reflective polyester film. Inside its funnel was an 8-ounce cup filled with water, held in pace by coiled wire.By Anne Williams, Bemidji Pioneer , September 09, 2010
County to implement energy-saving projects
By Julie Buntjer , June 22, 2010
As others see it: Energy bill can retrofit the economy
The U.S. House passed a bill on Thursday that tackles energy conservation in a different way and at the same time can create thousands of jobs and save consumers billions of dollars.By Bemidji Pioneer , May 12, 2010
As others see it: The benefits of ethanol
Ethanol boosters are making quite an effort lately to tell Americans about the biofuel’s worth to the nation. What a circuitous route this ag-based industry has traveled in just a few short years.By Daily Republic , April 19, 2010
Ethanol TV spots take on big oil
By Don Davis , April 13, 2010
Nobles Wind Project to begin
enXco and Xcel Energy complete purchase and sale agreementWORTHINGTON — Area residents can expect to see turbine blades and generators moving across the county’s roads later this month as construction nears on the state’s second largest wind farm.
By Julie Buntjer , April 02, 2010
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