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!

Resources

• Plant Profile: Greater Innovation, Improvement and Excellence in St. Cloud
• City Wastewater Treatment Facility - Renewable Energy & Energy Efficiency project summary
• 2038 goal story
• Green Hydrogen story