Melissa Hortman chaired the chamber's energy policy committee and authored a law that remained one of her proudest legislative achievements: boosting solar energy in the state.

ST. PAUL, Minn. ( Minnesota Reformer) — The Legislature passed a bipartisan energy bill during the special session June 9 ...

In Warroad, executives at Marvin are still studying the provisions of the federal budget bill passed by Congress last week. ...

The Minnesota Department of Commerce’s solar report shows solar capacity and consumption has increased steadily since 2013. The industry believes expanding capabilities will lead to even more ...

The late Minnesota lawmaker Melissa Hortman, a primary backer of the state’s community-solar law and zero-carbon requirement, took clean energy to pioneering new heights.

The solar industry in China is not only highly subsidized, but, was actually selling below cost of production. The effort appeared targeted at gaining a monopoly position of the world market. 5.

No matter how the federal fight turns out, Minnesota’s solar industry is gearing up for another state policy bout in 2026. “We fully anticipate this issue will be brought up next year and we ...

Roughly 5,000 people across Minnesota are employed in the solar industry. The state is not a solar leader, ranking 19th in the U.S. for installed capacity.

MONTEVIDEO, Minn. - The latest frontier in the solar power industry's growth in Minnesota is found in Chippewa County, where workers are completing the third of three solar garden projects ...

Minnesota solar-energy industry employment fell nearly 6% in 2019, to 4,335 jobs, following a surge in recent years. The decline of 267 jobs last year followed increases of nearly 50% in 2017 and ...