Jump Starting Minnesota’s Green Economy
By Salman Mitha, PhD
Minnesota 2020 Fellow
Published May 12, 2010
Minnesota is a national leader in green technology. Leadership by the state legislature has put Minnesota on the path to produce 25 percent of its electricity by wind and other renewable sources. Minnesota is also a leader in producing and using ethanol for transportation. Minnesota has the largest network of E85 ethanol-blend fuel pumps in the United States. Our leadership in the green technology sector has greatly benefited us; wind and ethanol revenues put millions of dollars directly into Minnesotans’ pockets. By getting into green technologies early, Minnesota has gotten a head start into the new economy. But the rest of the world is catching up.
Salman Mitha is an entrepreneur, businessman and scientist with over 20 years of experience in technology business and applied research. He has conducted research at Harvard University, run business operations in Silicon Valley and launched a startup in Minnesota
Salman earned his B.S. in Physics from the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) and his Ph.D. in Applied Physics from Harvard University. He lives with his wife and three children in Eagan.
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