Our mission is to accelerate the transition to a renewable and low-carbon energy system by bringing together key public and private leaders from across the Midwest to:

Develop consensus on needed policy reforms and see them become law;

Catalyze development and demonstration of promising technologies;

Identify, and sometimes manage, high priority research that could speed commercialization of such technologies;

and, deliver targeted public education and outreach on the challenges and benefits of next-generation energy options.

The Great Plains Institute is a non-partisan, non-profit corporation based in Minneapolis, serving the greater Upper Midwest: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Manitoba, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin.

The Institute brings together key public and private leaders to identify and implement policies, technologies, research and educational efforts that will accelerate the transition to a renewable and low-carbon energy system, and a society that is economically, environmentally and socially sustainable and prosperous over generations.