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The impact of cities’ climate action plans without greater involvement from state and federal governments has a ceiling.

Dave Wanberg, City Planner in Faribault was joined by Stacy Boots Camp from the Center for Energy and the Environment on today's KDHL AM Minnesota Program.

Grid congestion caps Minnesotan's rooftop solar ambitions FRANK JOSSIE of Energy News Network May 6, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail NORTHFIELD, Minn. (AP) — The explosive growth of community solar projects to meet demand from Twin Cities customers is curtailing clean energy options in a southern Minnesota college town. Northfield, about 40 miles south of Minneapolis, is home to Carleton and St. Olaf colleges and around 20,000 residents, whose strong interest in clean energy is reflected in a solar adoption rate three times the state average. The city passed a climate action plan in 2019 that cal...

Close Under a plan brought to the Faribault City Council by Twin Cities-based Ideal Energies, solar panels could provide nearly all of the energy needs of Faribault’s Public Works facility and more than half of the energy needs of its new water plant. (Metro Creative Images)