Fuel cell coalition focuses on growing market
Fuel cell technology in Ohio is already moving from research and development into commercialization, according to industry experts at the 2015 Ohio Fuel Cell Symposium. Moreover, that growth is taking...
View ArticleJobs in spotlight for final meeting on Ohio energy standards
Both witnesses slated for a meeting with Ohio lawmakers on Monday want the state to scrap its clean energy standards altogether—a move that supporters of the law say would cause Ohio to miss out on...
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Solar farms grow at wastewater plants in Minnesota
In early June, workers began the installation of a $3.5 million solar farm next to the Blue Lake Wastewater Treatment Plant in Shakopee, Minn. It's part of an ambitious plan by the Metropolitan Council...
View ArticleClean Power Plan will impact Ohio energy standards debate
Ohio has three years to submit a plan under federal Clean Power Plan rules issued earlier this month. But action by a state legislative committee next month could shape that plan and how much it will...
View ArticleOhio’s green energy companies look to greener pastures
On the whole, the economic outlook for Ohio is good. Unemployment rates are falling while the production of goods and services is growing, according to a report by the Ohio Tax Conference early this...
View ArticleOhio State outreach program helps inform solar decisions
Ohio farmers, businesses and others remain interested in solar energy, despite the impact of a legislative freeze in the state’s renewable portfolio standard. Ohio added 15 megawatts (MW) of solar...
View ArticleOhio lawmakers’ report ignores benefits of clean energy standards
A report from an Ohio lawmakers’ committee left out crucial topics that state law required the group to consider in its review of the state’s renewable energy and energy efficiency laws. On September...
View Article‘Giveaways’ fill final report on Ohio clean energy standards
An Ohio legislative committee's report recommending a continued freeze of the state's clean energy and efficiency standards includes recommendations to further weaken those policies. The current...
View ArticleOhio corporate leaders back clean energy
Leading companies that do business in Ohio are already adding large amounts of renewable energy and energy efficiency to their nationwide portfolios, regardless of opposition to the Clean Power Plan by...
View ArticleA net-zero strategy for major Minnesota medical center
Rochester, Minnesota’s new $6 billion Destination Medical Center district should expand existing district energy systems, encourage or require developers to follow state efficiency building...
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Q&A: Does clean energy face a tougher standard on its impacts?
In Minnesota, a recent controversy over clear-cutting of trees for a solar development let to both a county moratorium and state legislation aimed exclusively at solar projects. Bird deaths at wind...
View ArticleGerman utilities’ clean-energy transition offers insights for Ohio
Editor’s note: This is Part Four of a series on climate and energy issues in Germany and Poland that could help inform policy discussions in Ohio and other parts of the United States. Kathiann M....
View ArticleReport: Michigan, Minnesota among clean energy ‘success stories’
Michigan and Minnesota are exemplar Midwest states when it comes to state-level policy pushing for clean energy development, according to a recent report from the Georgetown Climate Center. Michigan is...
View ArticleNorthern Michigan city aims for 100 percent renewables by 2020
Local officials in Traverse City voted Monday night to become the second Michigan city looking to meet 100 percent of municipal electricity needs from renewable sources. Traverse City Commissioners...
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Wisconsin’s capital city sets a high bar with ambitious renewable energy goal
Madison, Wisconsin committed to getting 100 percent of its energy from clean, renewable sources in a resolution passed unanimously by the City Council on Tuesday. It became the 24th city to make such a...
View ArticlePJM auction brings good news, bad news for Ohio electric customers
Most of Ohio will pay less to make sure adequate electric capacity is available three years from now. But critics say that changes in the grid operator’s auction rules discriminate against certain...
View ArticleBehind the scenes: Inside a renewable energy control center in downtown Chicago
Hidden among downtown Chicago’s glass and steel skyscrapers is the brain of a 21st-century power plant that is split into pieces and spread out across the U.S. The Invenergy Control Center operates and...
View ArticleQ&A: Clean energy advocate retires from career as utility executive
The 1970s were a time of change for the electric power industry in Minnesota as new coal plants came online and new transmission lines met with extraordinary resistance that involved toppling and...
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