No biomass burner at South Transfer Station

Midtown Eco Energy (MEE), a project of Kandiyohi Development Partners (KDP), recently announced that in light of City of Minneapolis promises to work in good faith with MEE to locate an alternative site for a renewable energy facility, MEE will not seek to locate the facility at the South Transfer Station in South Minneapolis, the location which was previously being considered.

More than $2 million has been invested in engineering, site plans, and environmental and city permitting. However, the existing health and environmental challenges faced by the surrounding diverse community were not fully known at the outset, according to an MEE press release.

“We are responding to the concerns raised by the Phillips community regarding the impacts of decades of environmental and land use policies of the City and MPCA on air and land pollution,” said Craig Wilson, a KDP principal. “The incredible eco-friendly opportunity to bring green-collar jobs and renewable energy to the right community remains tremendously attractive, and will remain a top priority for our firm.”