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Regulators review $600M in wind projects

October 12, 2011 in The Dickinson Press

BISMARCK (AP) State regulators on Wednesday approved construction of a 105-megawatt wind turbine farm in west-central North Dakota, and began reviewing three other wind projects that developers want to build next year.
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German parliament approves nuclear plant shutdown by 2022

June 30, 2011 in Grand Forks Herald

Lawmakers sealed for good the shutdown of eight of the older reactors, which have been off the grid since March. Germany’s remaining nine reactors will be shut down in stages by the end of 2022. Continue Reading

Xcel files plan to meet clean energy mandate early

May 13, 2011 in Grand Forks Herald

Xcel Energy, Colorado’s largest energy provider, said it’s continuing a program encouraging home solar sources to help it meet the state’s renewable energy mandate. Continue Reading

California to set ambitious renewable power standards

April 12, 2011 in Grand Forks Herald

Gov. Jerry Brown plans to sign legislation that would require California utilities to get one-third of their power from renewable sources, giving the state the most aggressive alternative energy mandate in the U.S. California utilities and other power providers would have until the end of 2020 to draw 33 percent of their power from solar panels, windmills, landfill gases, small hydroelectric plants and other renewable sources. Continue Reading

Demand topped off for ethanol

March 1, 2011 in Grand Forks Herald

U.S. ethanol production pretty much hit a ceiling last year at 13.23 billion gallons, or about 10 percent of all gasoline production, according to an industry report released Monday. Continue Reading

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PSC approves selling renewable energy credits

September 8, 2010 in INFORUM

BISMARCK North Dakota regulators Wednesday endorsed most of an Xcel Energy Inc. plan for selling its renewable energy credits and sharing the money with its electric customers in the state.
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Column: Renewable energy can be the source of jobs

September 8, 2010 in Worthington Daily Globe

It’s certainly no secret – the economy needs jobs, especially in rural Minnesota. Continue Reading

Canadian report finds biofuels industry leaves hazy environmental footprint

August 5, 2010 in Grand Forks Herald

The Canadian biofuels industry leaves behind a hazy ecological footprint because each facility measures its environmental performance differently, according to a new report. Continue Reading

Write tomorrow’s headline: World unity ends offshore drilling

June 25, 2010 in Superior Telegram

Today, people have the opportunity to join the world to end offshore oil drilling and move to cleaner energy on Wisconsin Point. Continue Reading