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Municipal Utilities UTILITIES COMMISSION MEETING
TO: FROM:
Elk River Municipal Utilities Commission Cal Portner—City Administrator
John Dietz—Chair Kristin Mroz—Environmental Technician
Al Nadeau—Vice Chair
Daryl Thompson—Trustee
MEETING DATE: AGENDA ITEM NUMBER:
September 13, 2016 5.1
SUBJECT:
Climate Smart Municipalities—Germany Tour 2016
BACKGROUND/DISCUSSION:
Cal Portner and Kristin Mroz toured the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany from July 3-
10, 2016 as a part of the Climate Smart Municipalities (CSM)partnership. The CSM is a 3 year
grant from the Germany Transatlantic Program, also known as the Marshall Plan. Five
Minnesota Cities (Elk River, Morris, Warren, Duluth, and Rochester) were selected to partner
with five North Rhine-Westphalia communities (Iserlohn, Saerbeck,Arnsberg, Siegen, and
Munster)to collaborate on climate and energy smart projects and programs. The goal of the
partnership is to help Minnesota cities achieve the state's "Next Generation Energy Act" goal of
reducing greenhouse gas emissions at least 30%below 2005 levels by 2025, while boosting the
local economy.
A delegation of 27 members representing the five communities, the MN Environmental Quality
Board,the MN Pollution Control Agency,the MN Department of Commerce,the Great Plains
Institute,Ever-Green Energy,Affinity Plus Credit Union, and University of Minnesota traveled
to Germany. The delegation met with German agencies including the Germany Foreign Office,
the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy,the North Rhine-Westphalia Ministry for
Climate Protection, Environment,Agriculture,Nature Protection and Consumer Protection,
Energieagentur.NRW, and the Federal Environment Agency.
The delegation traveled throughout the state,visiting our partner communities and touring a
number of their sites while also learning from their community leaders. Communities visited
included:
Dusseldorf
• High Efficiency CHP Plant tour
• NRW Ministry overview
• Roundtable Discussion
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Saebeck(Morris)
• Heating Plant tour
• Energy Experience Path tour
• Energy Management
• Bio-Energy Park tour—Compost, Power to Gas, University of Munster Research, Solar,
Wind Turbines
• Education for Climate Protection
• Citizens Invest—Coop
• Storing Renewable Energy
Munster(Rochester)
• Transportation Tour
• Peace Room Tour
• Energy Efficient Student Housing Tour
• Community Wind Turbine Tour
Iserlohn (Elk River)
• Population: 94,000
• Size: 48 miles2
• Jobs: manufacturing, metal processing,pharmaceutical and chemical production, waste
management
• Two universities
• Municipal Utility
• Waste-to-Energy Facility (owned by utility)
• 17 EV Charging Stations on public property
• Climate Protection Master Plan (2012)
• Awards:NRW CHP Model Municipality, European Energy Award—Gold
• Future Goals: Expanding CHP, Electric Mobility, Renewable Energy
• Combined Heat and Power(CHP) Model Community
• CHP Incinerator Tour
• E-Mobility Tour
• Water Treatment Plan CHP Tour
Siegen (Duluth)
• Steel Mill Tour
Elk River and Energy City Goals for this partnership are:
• From the Energy City 10-year Action Plan:
• Explore neighborhood energy systems (micro grid, water collection, etc.)
• Explore district heating systems
• Achieve 15% above State/Federal mandates for renewable energy city-wide by 2024
• Advance electric vehicle education and use
• Increase recycling and organics recycling
• Develop a Climate Action Plan
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