Fresh Energy is working to create a carbon-neutral economy through strategies that blend energy efficiency, strategic electrification, innovation, and more across Minnesota’s industrial, transportation, agricultural, and building economies.
Clean transportation
Net-zero buildings
Decarbonized gas grid
- Electrification and youHistoric federal and state investments are amping up the energy transition! Check out exciting tax credits and rebates that can help you kick carbon.
- Sustainable Aviation Fuels: How we can get it rightFresh Energy, Friends of the Mississippi River and The Nature Conservancy have released “Minnesota Sustainable Aviation Fuels Guiding Principles,” which provides a framework for the development, promotion, and use of sustainable aviation fuels (SAF).
- Clean Heat Minnesota coalition releases study mapping Minnesota’s most feasible, cost-effective path to building decarbonizationIn June 2024, the Clean Heat Minnesota coalition released a study that outlines the path for Minnesota to decarbonize its buildings in the most feasible, cost-effective, and equitable ways.
- What’s in a name? Vehicle class sizes, explainedLearn the difference between light, medium, and heavy-duty vehicles, and how Fresh Energy is working to make all vehicles zero-carbon by mid-century.
Program Staff
Publications
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Hidden beneath our feet: Minnesota’s growing decarbonization challenge
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Fact Sheet: Accelerate residential energy codes
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Going all electric in a cold-weather climate
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Understanding the Gas System
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Electric Vehicles 101
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The Midwest leads U.S. emissions, here’s why
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Minnesota Medium- and Heavy-Duty (MHD) Zero Emission Vehicle Modeling Report
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Inaugural cycle of MWBDC grants program drives equity, justice, and community power
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Report: Proposal for a heat pump transition in Minnesota
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Buildings for a Healthy Future
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Clean Energy Brief: Natural Gas in Minnesota
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2021 Annual Report
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2020 Midwest Getting to Zero Buildings List
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Electric Transportation: Clean, healthy, and affordable