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Minnesota plants seeds for community solar gardens

Community-owned solar projects aim to overcome a big barrier for solar power in Minnesota: despite the state's generally good solar resources, only about a third of residents have a rooftop that's sunny enough, strong enough, and angled correctly for installing solar panels.

29 May 2013
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After setback, Cincinnati pushes forward on PACE financing

Three years after a federal housing agency ruling left a new energy improvement financing mechanism in limbo, a program in Cincinnati is starting to move forward.

By Douglas J. Guth . 28 May 2013
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Minnesota's new solar law: Looking beyond percentages

Minnesota's new law requires investor-owned utilities to get 1.5 percent of their energy from solar power by 2020. But the law contains other provisions that will help boost the state's adoption of solar energy.

24 May 2013
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Suppliers follow Wal-Mart's lead to reduce carbon emissions

Even as the largest private electricity consumer in the United States, Wal-Mart found that 90 percent of its emissions came from its chain of suppliers.

By ClimateWire . 23 May 2013
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Xcel backs project to further fine-tune wind power forecasting

On the Great Plains, the gusts ahead of a strong cold front can deliver thunder, lightning, hail and downpours. Also: A surge in electricity from wind farms big enough to make the power grid go haywire if it caught utilities off guard.

22 May 2013
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Can state harvesting guidelines keep biomass sustainable?

As a Midwest biomass group promotes a goal of drawing 10 percent of the region's heating energy from wood fuels by 2025, more questions are sure to arise about whether that amount of fuel could be harvested sustainably.

21 May 2013
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Fix for Illinois renewable energy law faces utility opposition

Support in the Illinois legislature is slowly growing for a proposal that backers say will save ratepayers millions while freeing up state renewable energy funds currently sitting unspent.

By Kari Lydersen . 20 May 2013
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Are utilities moving quickly enough to cut carbon emissions?

A Minnesota utility is taking ambitious steps to reduce its dependence on coal and curb emissions. But climate activists worry these steps may not go far enough.

17 May 2013
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Business groups lower local emissions, without mentioning climate change

Out-of-the-ordinary energy pursuits by local business associations are increasingly being used in regions where the politics of climate change might not fly, but profits from clean energy do.

By ClimateWire . 16 May 2013
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Evaluation gives high marks to Wisconsin efficiency program

A new report suggests that Wisconsin's energy efficiency incentives are back on track following an administrative shake-up two years ago that brought major changes to the program.

15 May 2013

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