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St Cloud MN: 100% Renewable for City Ops (& beyond)
St Cloud MN: 100% Renewable for City Ops (& beyond)
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Length:
51 minutes
Released:
May 18, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
In 2015 St. Cloud MN set a goal to get 75% of municipal operations electricity from renewable energy by 2035. Only five years later in 2020, emanating from work at their wastewater facility, they actually hit 100%. We interview Public Services Director Tracy Hodel and Public Service Analyst Liz Kramer about how St. Cloud smashed their initial goal and how their new goal of net zero community-wide greenhouse emissions by 2038 is spurring dramatic and job-creating innovation, including with green hydrogen!ResourcesPlant Profile: Greater Innovation, Improvement and Excellence in St. CloudCity Wastewater Treatment Facility - Renewable Energy & Energy Efficiency project summary2038 goal storyGreen Hydrogen story
Released:
May 18, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (73)
Clean Energy Scorecard for Small Cities: After introducing the podcast and what listeners can expect, our first episode looks at an analysis of clean energy efforts by 30 small cities around the country. We interview Dave Ribeiro, director of local policy at the American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy (ACEEE), and explore the application to small cities of a scorecard previously used only for large cities. by City Climate Corner