From Rochester Post-Bulletin 1/27/2009
By Laura Gossman
BYRON -- Byron Public Schools superintendent Dr. Wendy Shannon has a vision to power and heat Byron schools with a combination of alternative energies.
Shannon told the Byron School Board at its meeting Tuesday night that she has forwarded four proposals to legislators, one of which includes constructing a 40-kilowatt wind turbine with solar panels to help provide electricity for the high school building.
A learning station for an environmental science class would also be part of that project, Shannon said.
"We'd like to work in partnership with People's Cooperative, which presently supplies our electricity," Shannon said.
Shannon said the details haven't been worked out yet, but she estimates the project will cost $500,000.
Read the complete story at: http://www.postbulletin.com/newsmanager/templates/localnews_story.asp?z=2&a=382143
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
Home Energy Forums - Geothermal Energy
February 3, 2009 -- 7p.m.
Izaak Walton League Cabin
937 7th Ave NE, Rochester, MN
Free- Open to Public
Homeowners Kevin Schreuers and Brian Cook and installer Steve Johnson discuss their experiences choosing, installing and living with a geothermal heating and cooling system over the last couple years.
Speakers:
Steve Johnson, owner of Johnson Comfort Systems, installs geothermal heating and cooling systems in new construction and retrofits existing homes. Steve will discuss costs steps and payback of installing a geothermal system.
Brian Cook is a software engineer at Mayo Clinic who has an ongoinginterst in energy issues. This pormpted him ot upgrade the efficiency of his home and install a geothermal heating and cooling system in the fall of 2005.
Kevin Schreuers is a retired Mayo Clinic audiologist and on the board of the Eagle Bluff Environmental Learning Center. He installed geothermal heating and air conditioning in the fall of 2006.
Sponsored by the Rochester Izaak Walton Leaguee. Call 507-775-2814 for more information, or visit www.rochestermnikes.org.
Izaak Walton League Cabin
937 7th Ave NE, Rochester, MN
Free- Open to Public
Homeowners Kevin Schreuers and Brian Cook and installer Steve Johnson discuss their experiences choosing, installing and living with a geothermal heating and cooling system over the last couple years.
Speakers:
Steve Johnson, owner of Johnson Comfort Systems, installs geothermal heating and cooling systems in new construction and retrofits existing homes. Steve will discuss costs steps and payback of installing a geothermal system.
Brian Cook is a software engineer at Mayo Clinic who has an ongoinginterst in energy issues. This pormpted him ot upgrade the efficiency of his home and install a geothermal heating and cooling system in the fall of 2005.
Kevin Schreuers is a retired Mayo Clinic audiologist and on the board of the Eagle Bluff Environmental Learning Center. He installed geothermal heating and air conditioning in the fall of 2006.
Sponsored by the Rochester Izaak Walton Leaguee. Call 507-775-2814 for more information, or visit www.rochestermnikes.org.
Sunday, January 18, 2009
CERTs Online Clean Energy Forum
CERTS announces an exciting new resource:
All of the Clean Energy Resource Teams of Minnesota are now linked in a statewide forum: CERTs Clean Energy Forum, a place to connect, share, and collaborate online.
Creating an account takes only a couple minutes, and then you can join the conversations. As a new resource, it will take some time to build the Forums up, so tell your colleagues and friends to log in and get involved, too. Log in regularly to see what’s new.
Click HERE to log in now.
All of the Clean Energy Resource Teams of Minnesota are now linked in a statewide forum: CERTs Clean Energy Forum, a place to connect, share, and collaborate online.
Creating an account takes only a couple minutes, and then you can join the conversations. As a new resource, it will take some time to build the Forums up, so tell your colleagues and friends to log in and get involved, too. Log in regularly to see what’s new.
Click HERE to log in now.
SE CERTS Announces Science Fair Awards for Clean Energy Proejcts
SE CERTS 2009 Science Fair Awards:
Best Projects Exploring Renewable Energy/Energy Efficiency
The Clean Energy Resource Teams of Southeast Minnesota (CERTS-SE) is pleased to provide special awards for Outstanding Clean Energy Projects at the 2009 Regional Science Fairs in southeast Minnesota. The awards are for the best projects exploring renewable energy (including wind, solar, biomass, geothermal) or energy conservation topics.
$1600 will be awarded for the Southeast Regional Science Fair and $1600 for the Rochester Area Science Fair:
$250, $150, $100 = top 3 awards for Middle school level
$250, $150, $100 = top 3 awards for High school level
$800 CERTS-SE Sponsorships to send students and their clean energy projects to the State Science Fair.
Click Here to view a list of the 2008 CERTS-SE Science Fair Award Winners and their projects.
Best Projects Exploring Renewable Energy/Energy Efficiency
The Clean Energy Resource Teams of Southeast Minnesota (CERTS-SE) is pleased to provide special awards for Outstanding Clean Energy Projects at the 2009 Regional Science Fairs in southeast Minnesota. The awards are for the best projects exploring renewable energy (including wind, solar, biomass, geothermal) or energy conservation topics.
$1600 will be awarded for the Southeast Regional Science Fair and $1600 for the Rochester Area Science Fair:
$250, $150, $100 = top 3 awards for Middle school level
$250, $150, $100 = top 3 awards for High school level
$800 CERTS-SE Sponsorships to send students and their clean energy projects to the State Science Fair.
Click Here to view a list of the 2008 CERTS-SE Science Fair Award Winners and their projects.
Xcel Energy's Grand Meadow Wind Farm Is On Line
From Rochester Post Pulletin - Jan 15, 2009:
Xcel Energy’s 67-turbine Grand Meadow Wind Farm is now adding to the company’s growing total of kilowatts produced by wind.
And there are no plans of stopping.
“You are going to see (turbines) popping up,” said Tom Hoen of Xcel Energy. “That whole area (southeastern Minnesota) is a very windy area, flat, very receptive to wind farms.”
Late last month they added 100.5 megawatts, generated by the 67-turbine Grand Meadow Wind Farm, to their running total of more than 1,200 megawatts in the Upper Midwest system. The wind farm, which was built by enXco, began selling electricity to the regional transmission grid on Dec. 4.
Read complete story at: http://www.postbulletin.com/newsmanager/templates/localnews_story.asp?z=...
Xcel Energy’s 67-turbine Grand Meadow Wind Farm is now adding to the company’s growing total of kilowatts produced by wind.
And there are no plans of stopping.
“You are going to see (turbines) popping up,” said Tom Hoen of Xcel Energy. “That whole area (southeastern Minnesota) is a very windy area, flat, very receptive to wind farms.”
Late last month they added 100.5 megawatts, generated by the 67-turbine Grand Meadow Wind Farm, to their running total of more than 1,200 megawatts in the Upper Midwest system. The wind farm, which was built by enXco, began selling electricity to the regional transmission grid on Dec. 4.
Read complete story at: http://www.postbulletin.com/newsmanager/templates/localnews_story.asp?z=...
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