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Leaders celebrated at Justice Alan Page Elementary in Maplewood as the state's Solar for Schools program, now approaching its fifth year, helps push Minnesota past the 400 mark by the end of the year.
State leaders gathered Thursday morning at Alan Page Elementary School in Maplewood, which now joins hundreds of other schools as part of the Solar With Schools program.
Winifred Sylvah came to Minnesota from Sierra Leone in the 1980s and spent her career in banking. She has harvested about 140 pounds of cucumbers this season on an acre inside a Big Lake solar array, and grows okra and other West African crops she says are in demand.
Several surrounding fire departments responded to smoke and fire coming from a home in Savage, Minnesota, Tuesday afternoon. The damaged roof is now covered in a blue tarp contains solar panels.
A family forced to make a fire escape once flames started shooting out of their rooftop solar panel! Solar panel fires are rare but Jason Rantala found there is one way they can spark danger.
With energy prices putting pressure on families, one Minnesota company is utilizing the power of the sun to help ease the pain.
The Minnesota House unanimously passed legislation renaming the Community Solar Garden Program for former Speaker Emerita Melissa Hortman.
CBS News looked at the cost of producing coal, gas, nuclear, wind and solar energy to determine which is the cheapest.
Copper is needed for many items we use every day, from wiring and plumbing in our homes to appliances and electronics.
New tariff rates are set to go live next month, but the effects to Minnesota small business owners could be felt in a matter of days. Susan-Elizabeth Littlefield looks at best- and worst-case scenarios for local business owners.
Melissa Hortman chaired the chamber's energy policy committee and authored a law that remained one of her proudest legislative achievements: boosting solar energy in the state.
In 2013, Hortman chaired the House energy committee, leading the way in passing landmark legislation to boost the solar industry.
When it comes to the trade war, one cost that hits everyone is energy prices.
Hundreds of sheep are hard at work this spring in central Minnesota — not on a farm, but beneath solar panels.
The Minnesota Public Utilities Commission and Xcel Energy have settled on an energy plan aimed at lowering monthly bills for Minnesotans and protecting the environment.
Xcel says the project is intended to replace the energy that will be lost when its coal-fueled power plant near Stillwater closes in 2028.
A massive solar farm is in the works for western Wisconsin, but it's not all sunshine and roses. As David Schuman reports, some neighbors are charged up.
Xcel Energy is in the early stages of planning a 5,000-acre solar energy project in the eastern part of St. Croix County.
Minnesota leaders, including Gov. Tim Walz, gathered on Tuesday at Xcel Energy's Sherco Solar plant near St. Cloud to celebrate a milestone in the state's shift toward carbon-free electricity.
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz was among the leaders on hand Tuesday in Clear Lake to celebrate a milestone in the move towards carbon-free electricity.
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz was among the leaders on hand Tuesday near Becker to celebrate a milestone in the move towards carbon-free electricity.
Xcel's Sherco solar facility is the largest solar project in the state of Minnesota, and by the time it's done in 2026, it'll be the fifth-largest solar facility in the country.
In a new rule, the EPA says coal plants need to start capturing their smokestack emissions or shut down. It's a move to curb planet-warming emissions — something Minnesota wants to do by going carbon-free with our electricity by 2040.
A vast solar farm with over 621,000 panels shimmer like a mirage but with the capability to power close to 60,000 residential customers — or one very big stadium.
Homeowners can do it through the free Solar United Neighbors co-op, a group that leverages the power of buying in bulk to connect a group of homeowners to reputable installers.
