Doing Good for the World Flagstaff, Arizona · By Rose Houk Andy Kruse’s story is a classic one: he and a friend started messing around with wind turbines in a garage “out in the cinder hills” near Flagstaff, Arizona. The year was 1987, and he and David Calley had visions of harnessing this source of […]
Conservation Technologies
A Breath of Fresh Air Mike LeBeau was a private contractor in Duluth and Lake Superior’s North Shore area, specializing in energy efficient building, who was running into a big problem: he could not find the products he needed for his projects in the North Shore area. Mike figured that if he was having trouble […]
Hopi’s NativeSUN
Something New – and Old – under the Sun Kykotsmovi, Arizona · By Peter Friederici During most daylight hours the sun shines strong on the Hopi mesas of northeastern Arizona, ripening the corn, warming the houses, and forming the clouds that nourish crops. For the last twenty years it has also powered the electrical systems […]
Central Minnesota Ethanol Cooperative
Corn Power! Central Minnesota Ethanol Cooperative (CMEC) of Little Falls, Minnesota is a new generation cooperative formed specifically for the purpose of producing fuel grade ethanol and dried distillers drains with solubles from the processing of locally produced corn. The plant produces 20 milliongallons per year of 100% ethanol and 60,000 tons of DDGS, a […]