Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Tour June 22, 2005

RENEWABLE ENERGY & ENERGY EFFICIENCY TOUR with the Southeastern/South Central Minnesota Clean Energy Resource Team

Wednesday, June 22, 2005

Schedule/Locations

8:00 AM We?ll load the bus and start the TOUR with a biodiesel kickoff at the Northfield Cannon Valley Cooperative (1480 Highway 3 South)

9:00 AM Rendezvous with folks in Red Wing @ corner of Hwy 61 (Main St) and East Ave (downtown)

10:00 AM Arrive @ Five Star Dairy for a tour of the dairy and biogas digester operation, which produces renewable electricity adequate to power 600 homes with its 750-kilowatt generator and may become a Dairyland Power model across the region

11:45 AM Depart Five Star Dairy

12:30 PM Return to Red Wing

12:45 PM Picnic lunch and tour of Rich Huelskamp?s solar- and wind-powered energy-efficient home in the bluff country near Red Wing

2:30 PM Depart for Northfield

3:15 PM Visit Carleton College?s 1.65-megawatt wind turbine

4:00 PM Return to Cannon Valley Cooperative, Tour ends

To participate, please REGISTER with Erin Tegtmeier, Experiment in Rural Cooperation at: tegtm003@umn.edu or 507-536-6313. Cost for the tour is $15 (payable upon arrival). When registering, please indicate whether or not you plan to ride the bus and join us for lunch. Registration deadline is June 20th.

CERTS is a partnership among:
Minnesota Department of Commerce, Minnesota Project, University of Minnesota Regional Sustainable Development Partnerships, USDA Resource Conservation & Development Councils