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Aug 3, 2009 6:31 am US/Central

Energy Secretary Studies Minn. Renewables

ROCHESTER, Minn. (AP) ― A mobile self-contained ethanol plant and solar-powered cars will be on display in Rochester for an important audience: U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu.

He'll be in the southern Minnesota town Monday to get a firsthand look at some renewable energy projects in the works. Chu will be accompanied by Democratic Congressman Tim Walz.

The two will see products that were created by area residents and college students.

Also up for examination is a wind turbine training facility. That's where electrical workers learn how to service the expanding number of wind turbines used for energy production.

Chu has a background in physics and has won a Nobel Prize.

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The Minnesota Department of Agriculture reports the state's plants have an ethanol capacity of up to 847 million gallons per year.

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