Ideas & Insight

Dec 30, 2014

Local officials need to act in order to lead

Mark Andrew's latest Star Tribune column is now out. Read it below or at startribune.com/local/yourvoices.

The first year is winding down for the freshman class of the Minneapolis City Council.

Dec 21, 2014

Xcel gets 427 solar garden applications in Minnesota in less than one week

In the week since opening Minnesota’s door to community solar gardens, Xcel Energy Inc. said Friday that 427 applications have arrived from energy developers, a much bigger response than anticipated.

The Minneapolis-based company said the applications propose a total of 420 megawatts of solar output, or the equivalent of a sizable power plant. A megawatt is 1 million watts.

Dec 15, 2014

Xcel Energy launches community solar program

The new community solar program Xcel Energy launched on Friday could mean a big boost in solar electricity for the utility.

Dec 3, 2014

White House names Minneapolis Climate Action Champion

Today the White House and U.S. Department of Energy named the City of Minneapolis one of 16 communities they have chosen as a Climate Action Champion.

Nov 12, 2014

In Midwest, rural co-ops taking a lead on community solar

On the front lawn of Connexus Energy’s headquarters outside the Twin Cities sits the largestcommunity solar garden in Minnesota, a 245 kW installation comprised of 792 panels on a plot of land the size of a football field.

Oct 30, 2014

GreenMark in the news: Environment role rising in election

Via Minnesota Daily:

Oct 28, 2014

MCEA celebrates environmental progress

The Minnesota Center on Environmental Advocacy had its 40th anniversary celebration on Thursday and it was a humdinger.

The venerable group whose name says it all has been a fixture on the “enviro” scene without any letdown in energy or mission in its four decades.

Oct 21, 2014

GreenMark in the news: How Minnesota’s highways are poised to become renewable energy generators

Our Founder, Mark Andrew, was quoted in a recent MinnPost article on renewable energy projects in Minnesota.

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