Craig Peterson

Redeveloping closed landfill sites into solar energy generating facilities could be part of Minnesota's conversion to a carbon-neutral energy economy.

Minnesota lawmakers agreed to spend $24 million to fund solar arrays at schools, a bid to reduce energy costs and provide STEM learning opportunities.

Minnesota’s utilities will be required to meet increasing energy efficiency targets under a new law, but they are not meeting all of the old, lower goals.

A study found that energy conservation practices at Minnesota's water plants could save as much as 42 million kWh of electricity annually, a 14% reduction.

Minnesota has passed the midway point on a 20-year journey in search of a green Xanadu: carbon-neutral buildings. According to the Environmental Protection Agency, heating and cooling buildings is responsible for about 43% of all energy use in the U.S. The Minnesota Sustainable Building 2030 energy standard requires increasing reductions...

The Minnesota Public Utilities Commission has approved a power purchase agreement between Xcel Energy and a 200-MW Iowa wind farm that the utility says is the "last good-priced" wind available in MISO. The commission approved the agreement with NextEra Energy Resources’ Heartland Divide II on March 18 over the objections...

Shutting down coal-fired power plants and adding 400 MW of solar and wind power in northeastern Minnesota are the primary objectives in Minnesota Power’s proposed integrated resource plan. The state Public Utilities Commission has scheduled a virtual public hearing (E015/RP-21-33) on the plan for March 26. The company’s 2021 IRP...

Solar energy industry advocates in Minnesota expect a slowdown in development under the Community Solar Gardens (CSG) program this year following state regulators’ approval of Xcel Energy’s proposed 4% reduction in the value of solar (VOS) rate (13-867). The VOS rate — which sets compensation levels for CSG projects in...