Clean Energy
Success Stories
CERTs-Southeast: Clean Energy Resource Teams of SE Minnesota
Southeast Minnesota communities, businesses, and individuals are coming clean.
CERTs-SE is gathering success stories from our region. Find out how your neighbors made the move to clean energy!
Do you have a success story about renewable energy or energy efficiency you want to share? Contact the CERTS-SE Outreach Coordinator.
RESIDENTIAL CLEAN ENERGY SUCCESS STORIES:
Solar Home in the City - Rochester, MN
Energy Self-Sufficient Home in Wiscoy Valley - Winona County
Solar Barn - Winona County, MN
Home Gets Geothermal Retrofit -Rochester, MN
Off-the-Grid/Off-the-Well/Off-the-Furnace House -Lanesboro, MN
House Built with Photovoltaic Shingles - Northfield, MN (case study from Iowa DNR)
RPU Installs Geothermal Heat Systems in Habitat for Humanity Homes - Rochester, MN
Green Geodesic Dome Home Is Off the Grid Red Wing, MN
Solar-Powered Cordwood Home - Day Creek, MN
BUSINESS & INSTITUTION CLEAN ENERGY SUCCESS STORIES:
Badgersett Research Farm: Nuts to the Future (Hazelnuts and Chestnuts)- Canton, MN
Project Green Fleet - Mayo Clinic Buses Go Green - Rochester, MN
Hazelnut Farm & Solar Greenhouse - Lake City, MN
Dream Acres Farm Installs MDH Certified Solar-Powered Kitchen - Wykoff, MN
Earthen Path Organic Farm Powered by Wind, Sun and Horses - Oak Center, MN
Intercultural Mutual Assistance Association's New, Totally Green Building -Rochester, MN
Austin Public Schools Named 2007 Energy Star Leader Award by EPA -Austin, MN
New Green Elementary School - Rochester, MN
Trulson Dental Clinic Has Had Geothermal System for 12 Years - Stewartville, MN
Good Earth Natural Foods' Solar Electric Power - Austin, MN
Bluestem Center is a Green Building - Rochester, MN
Carleton College Wind Turbine - Northfield, MN (case study from Carleton College website)
St.Olaf College Wind Turbine and Photos - Northfield,MN (Case Study from St. Olaf, photos from personal blog)
Appliance Dealer Lightens Up on Lighting Costs - Rochester, MN
Vending Machine Efficiency at John Marshall High School - Rochester, MN
Energy-Efficient Monolithic Dome School - Grand Meadow, MN
Badgersett Farm - Growing Hazelnuts for Food and Biomass - Canton, MN
COMMUNITY CLEAN ENERGY SUCCESS STORIES:
Solar-Powered Restrooms in Park - Austin, MN
City of Rochester Energy Efficiency - Rochester, MN
Traffic Signal Upgrade - Rochester, MN
Green Jail in Blue Earth County - Mankato, MN (from Mankato Free press)
Winona Community Wind Project Receives Dept of Commerce Grant -Winona, MN (from MN Dept of Commerce)
Albert Lee Supports SoyMor Biodiesel Venture - Albert Lea MN (case study from USDA)
Winona Area Carpool Club - Winona, MN
Energy Efficient Lighting Program - Winona, MN
Water Reclamation Plant Uses its own Biogas - Rochester, MN
City of LeSueuer Energy Efficiency Performance Contract - LeSueur, MN
Old Byllesby Dam is Recommissioned - Goodhue & Dakota Counties
Blue Earth County Courthouse Wins 2006 Energy Star Award - Mankato, MN
Northfield Biodiesel Buyers Club - Northfield, MN
Eagle Bluff 2010 - Lanesboro, MN - campaign to make Eagle Bluff ELC a Renewable Energy Demonstration Facility
Madelia Project (pdf) - Madelia Model is an eco-industrial approach to strengthening a rural community through agricultural production to create renewable energy and bio-based processing.
