The pilot, part of the DOE National Laboratory Impact Initiative, aims to help small businesses by giving them access to expertise and tools at the national labs. The Small Business Voucher pilot funds projects in the areas of solar, geothermal, wind, water, fuel cells, advanced manufacturing, bioenergy, buildings and vehicles. The types of projects include prototyping, materials characterization, high performance computing, modeling and simulation, scaling to generate customer samples, performance...
Press Releases
September, 30 2016
Nina Axelson - CEEM Board Member recieves 40 Under 40 Award from Midwest Energy News
Midwest Energy News’ 40 Under 40 award program highlights emerging leaders throughout the region and their work in America’s transition to a clean energy economy.
Nina Axelson, VP of Public Relations, Ever-Green Energy oversees public affairs for Ever-Green Energy and its affiliates. Axelson’s role includes community energy planning and authoring studies, including reports for the Department of Energy...
September, 8 2016
Disputed and controversial board action leaves supporters of property rights, clean energy and predictable regulatory environment with major questions about propriety of board vote; Carver County taxpayers at risk of legal challenge.
(Chaska, MN) The Carver County Board of Commissioners Tuesday voted unanimously, and without discussion, to reject a project designed to bring clean energy to rural Watertown Township. “I’m disappointed – in fact, I’m stunned at the lack of respect shown by the...
March, 22 2016
Minneapolis Saint Paul Business Journal
By: Katharine Grayson
A nonprofit that aims to promote and connect Minnesota's clean-tech and renewable energy companies launched Tuesday.
Clean Energy Economy Minnesota (CEEM) is led by Gregg Mast, who previously oversaw renewable energy initiatives at nonprofit BioBusiness Alliance of Minnesota, a group that later folded into Medical Alley.
"I was always being asked where to go and to get involved in the industry," Mast...
March, 22 2016
New business-led group credits Minnesota’s strong clean energy policies for growth of burgeoning sector
Lt. Gov. Smith, Commissioners Rothman & Sieben see bright future
MINNEAPOLIS (March 22, 2016) – More than 54,000 Minnesotans work in the state’s clean energy industry, according to a comprehensive analysis unveiled today by a clean energy impact investor, Clean Energy Trust. The report also projects that Minnesota’s clean energy workforce...