Clean Energy Minnesota

Lawmakers have also reached a deal to spend more than 60 million on clean energy projects bankrolled by fees xcel energy pays to store nuclear waste in minnesota.

Clean energy minnesota.

Clean energy economy mn is an industry led 501 c 3 nonprofit representing the business case for clean energy in minnesota. Learn about solar through sources such as the clean energy resource teams certs and the u s. Making electricity is the most common use of solar energy in minnesota today. Ceem provides a unified voice for clean energy business across the state.

Minnesota is undergoing a massive energy transformation. With an all in concerted effort minnesota can reduce the energy burden of all of our families and households to under 5 of their household income by 2025. Check for community education opportunities in your area. And that directive is laid out in the clean energy first act a bill that attracted a standing room only crowd and over two hours of public testimony before the house energy and climate finance and policy division on tuesday.

We are surrounded by clean energy options here in minnesota the power of the sun and the wind the heat of the earth even the energy leaking from drafty windows. Clean energy for minnesota we can power all of minnesota with clean energy too much of our energy comes from coal oil and other dirty sources that wreak havoc on our environment. It s also home to neighborhoods that have the lowest area median income in the state. The nation s average energy burden is roughly 3 5 but some minnesotans spend 20 30 of their income on energy.

Between now and 2040 over half of our current electricity generation comprising 95 of minnesota s greenhouse gas emissions will likely be outdated and not cost competitive. Last year the legislature left. At the request of the public utilities commission puc xcel energy recently proposed 3 billion in clean energy projects to help minnesota s economy rebound from the shock of covid 19. Building equity through renewable energy north minneapolis is home to the highest black populated community in the state of minnesota.

Tim walz offers to those proposing power projects in minnesota now and in the future. Take a class on solar basics. We re going to need all the help we can get to make this possible.