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• State regulators reject New Ulm wind energy project
  The PUC voted unanimously to block the city of New Ulm's planned wind farm in Nicollet County.December 21, 2009
• Race is on for $2 million in green energy grant money
  Friday is the deadline for businesses to apply for stimulus-funded grants designed to spur job creation and the development of green energy.December 18, 2009
• Crucial power lines meant for Big Stone II still an option
  The Big Stone II power plant is dead, but at least one part of the project may live on. There is interest in building the power lines planned for the abandoned coal plant project in eastern South Dakota and those lines could be crucial to the wind power industry.December 16, 2009
• Energy producers finding ways to fill Big Stone II gap
  It's been about a month since we learned the proposed Big Stone II power plant won't be built, and it's not clear what's going to replace the electricity it was supposed to generate.December 16, 2009
• Is nuclear power part of the clean energy future?
  As world leaders debate climate change measures in Copenhagen, proponents of nuclear power, including some environmental groups, say it can be an important source of carbon-free energy. Here in Minnesota, there are efforts to end the moratorium on new nuclear plants. Critics say cost, and the issue of where to store the waste, are reasons why nuclear will never be part of the solution.Midmorning, December 15, 2009
• Some energy-intensive industries taking steps to go green
  In the cap and trade legislation, any entity that emits large amounts of greenhouse gases would have to have a permit for each ton of gas it emits. That's got energy-intensive industries worried. But many of them have already been reducing their energy use.December 10, 2009
• Xcel providing rebates for customers who install solar systems
  Xcel Energy will provide rebates to business and residential customers who install solar systems that meet efficiency requirements.December 7, 2009
• Would a cap and trade system burden Minnesota?
  John Whaley, from Eden Prairie, says he's been a conservationist all his life, and like him, more and more of us might be making simple changes as we move toward a post-carbon world.December 7, 2009
• Minnesota bio-gas business plans to build plant in NW Iowa
  A Minnesota company has plans to bring a bio-gas plant to Albert City, and with it could come 40 jobs.December 2, 2009
• EPA delays ethanol decision until next summer
  The EPA has postponed a decision on whether to allow higher ethanol-gasoline blends until next summer.December 1, 2009
• Project encourages alternative energy careers for students
  A cooperative project between colleges in Minnesota and North Dakota is encouraging high school students to consider alternative energy careers.November 27, 2009
• Reps. Paulsen and Walz call to lift ban on nuclear power
  DFL Rep. Tim Walz and Republican Rep. Erik Paulsen are urging state lawmakers to lift the state's moratorium on building nuclear power plants.November 24, 2009
• Are too many forests being cut down for biomass?
  Forests are a treasure trove of limbs and bark that can be made into alternative fuels and some worry the increasing trend of using that logging debris will make those materials too scarce, harming the woodlands.November 21, 2009
• Experts gather in St. Paul for renewable energy conference
  About 700 people from industry, academia, and politics gathered in St. Paul today Tuesday to learn about the latest trends in renewable energy.November 17, 2009
• Proposed Iron Range electric plant takes step forward
  A proposed coal gasification power plant on the Iron Range has taken a big step forward, but still needs customers.November 16, 2009

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