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Exhibit 10.1

                                     AGREEMENT

     This Agreement is made and entered into as of the 31st day of January, 
1999 between Mr. Timothy P. Hunstad and Cogeneration Corporation of America 
(CogenAmerica or Corporation), a Delaware corporation.

                                    I.  RECITALS

     A.   Mr. Hunstad is and has been employed by CogenAmerica as an at-will 
employee since September, 1996 and currently holds the position of Vice 
President & Chief Financial Officer.  He desires continued employment in this 
capacity.

     B.   The purpose of this Agreement is to set forth certain terms and 
conditions under which Mr. Hunstad and CogenAmerica will continue their 
employment relationship, to protect the interests of CogenAmerica in 
Confidential Information, and to provide sufficient opportunity for 
CogenAmerica to continue its operations without disruption in the event of 
the termination or diminishment of salary of Mr. Hunstad's employment.

                                   II.  AGREEMENT

     In consideration of the recitals stated above and the mutual promises 
made below, the parties agree as follows:

     1.   AT-WILL STATUS.  Mr. Hunstad's employment continues to be at-will. 
This means that his employment may be terminated at any time, for any reason, 
with or without cause and that Mr. Hunstad has no obligation to continue as 
an employee of CogenAmerica notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement.

     2.   COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS.  CogenAmerica shall pay Mr. Hunstad such 
base salary and incentives as may be separately agreed upon from time to 
time, but not less than the rates for salary and incentives in effect on the 
date of this Agreement, and shall provide such vacation, 

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holiday, medical and other benefits as are provided by CogenAmerica.  The 
benefits provided by CogenAmerica to its employees are subject to change from 
time to time at the discretion of CogenAmerica with or without prior notice.

     3.   SEVERANCE PAY.  CogenAmerica will pay Mr. Hunstad severance pay in 
an amount equal to six (6) months of his/her current base salary, less 
applicable state and federal tax withholdings and other customary payroll 
deductions, if CogenAmerica terminates his/her employment or diminishes 
his/her salary before January 31, 2000.  This payment will be made by mailing 
checks in the appropriate amount to Mr. Hunstad at 8212 Kentucky Circle 
South, Bloomington, MN 55438 on a monthly basis for six (6) months from the 
date of termination. However, CogenAmerica shall have no obligation to 
provide severance pay to Mr. Hunstad (a) in the event that (1) he resigns 
from employment at any time, (2) the Corporation terminates his employment 
for gross negligence, willful misconduct or failure to perform his duties in 
a professional manner after written notice specifying the nature of such 
failure and a reasonable period to cure such failure is given, or (3) the 
Corporation terminates his employment subsequent to January 31, 2000, or (b) 
as provided in paragraph 9 of this Agreement. 

     4.   NON-COMPETE. 

     (a)  So long as severance payments are being made, Mr. Hunstad agrees 
not to accept employment with any competitor of CogenAmerica.  For purposes 
of this paragraph 4(a), a competitor of CogenAmerica shall mean any person or 
entity engaged, wholly or partly, in the business of developing, financing, 
owning, operating or maintaining cogeneration or other electric power 
generation facilities or projects in the United States of America.

     (b)   For as long as Mr. Hunstad is employed by CogenAmerica and for a 
period of one (1) year from the date of the termination of his/her employment 
with the Corporation, Mr. Hunstad 

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will not, either directly or indirectly, alone or in conjunction with any 
other party, divert or appropriate, or attempt to divert or appropriate, any 
CogenAmerica Project Opportunity.  A CogenAmerica Project Opportunity means 
any and all of, but only, the following: a project or opportunity to develop 
a project on which CogenAmerica was actively working as of Mr. Hunstad's date 
of termination and as to which CogenAmerica has not been eliminated from 
pursuing. 

     CogenAmerica will provide Mr. Hunstad with a list of projects meeting 
the above criteria promptly following the date of Mr. Hunstad's termination.  
Mr. Hunstad will have 30 days after his receipt of such list to notify 
CogenAmerica of any projects or project opportunities included on the list 
that Mr. Hunstad does not believe meet the above criteria for CogenAmerica 
Project Opportunity. CogenAmerica will consider his objections in good faith 
and then reissue the list of CogenAmerica Project Opportunities, omitting any 
projects or project opportunities that CogenAmerica agrees do not meet the 
above criteria.  The reissued list (or in the case of no objections within 
the above 30 day disagreement period, the original list) will be the final 
list of CogenAmerica Project Opportunities.

     Mr. Hunstad acknowledges that he has carefully considered the 
restrictions set forth in the preceding paragraphs, and that the restrictions 
are reasonable and that they will not unduly restrict him from finding other 
employment.

     5.   DUTY OF LOYALTY AND CONFLICT OF INTEREST.  By signing this 
Agreement Mr. Hunstad acknowledges and confirms that for the period employed 
by the Corporation that he will expend his best efforts, substantially all of 
his business time, and his full cooperation to perform and discharge the 
duties of his position with CogenAmerica.  He will not engage in any business 
or professional activities which conflict with his duties on behalf of 
CogenAmerica and shall promptly disclose to its President any potential 
conflict.

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     6.   NONDISCLOSURE AND NONUSE OF CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION.  Mr. Hunstad 
agrees that unless he first obtains the written consent of CogenAmerica's 
President, he shall not disclose or use at any time either during or for a 
period of two years after his employment by CogenAmerica, any Confidential 
Information (as defined below) of which he becomes aware, except to the 
extent such disclosure or use is required in the performance of his duties 
for CogenAmerica.  He shall follow all procedures established by CogenAmerica 
to safeguard Confidential Information and to protect it against disclosure or 
misuse. Confidential Information is defined as all confidential technical, 
financial and other CogenAmerica project related information other than 
information that: (a) is in the public domain at the time of disclosure; (b) 
is known, or becomes known, to the public from a source other than Mr. 
Hunstad; or (c) is legally required to be disclosed by judicial or other 
governmental action.

     7.   CONFIDENTIALITY OF AGREEMENT.  Mr. Hunstad agrees that unless he 
first obtains the written consent of CogenAmerica's President, he will not 
disclose the terms and conditions of this Agreement to any individual or 
entity, except his spouse, attorneys, accountants, tax consultants, state and 
federal tax authorities or as may be required by law. 

     8.   RECORDS, DOCUMENTS, AND PROPERTY.  When his employment with 
CogenAmerica terminates, Mr. Hunstad will return to CogenAmerica all records, 
correspondence, and documents in his possession at that time, which contain 
Confidential Information.  Mr. Hunstad will also return to CogenAmerica all 
property of the Corporation, including any corporate credit cards and air 
travel cards he may have.

     9.   REMEDY FOR BREACH.  Mr. Hunstad acknowledges that failure to comply 
with paragraphs 4(b), 5, 6, 7 and/or 8 may irreparably harm CogenAmerica and 
that, in the event that he violates or threatens to violate any of these 
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shall be entitled to injunctive relief in any court of competent jurisdiction 
and that he will be obligated to pay all costs incurred by CogenAmerica in 
securing legal or equitable relief, including, but not limited to reasonable 
attorneys' fees and court costs if CogenAmerica is successful or prevails in 
its legal action.  If CogenAmerica is unsuccessful, CogenAmerica will be 
responsible for Mr. Hunstad's costs, including but not limited to reasonable 
attorney's fees and court costs. Mr. Hunstad also acknowledges that in the 
event of a breach of paragraphs 4 (b), 5, 6, 7 and/or 8 he will not receive 
any of the severance payments described in paragraph 3 of this Agreement.

     10.  ENTIRE AGREEMENT.  This agreement contains the entire understanding 
between the parties with respect to this subject matter and supersedes all 
oral agreements and negotiations between the parties on this subject matter.  
Any amendments, modifications or waivers of the provisions of this Agreement 
shall be valid only when they have been reduced to writing and duly signed by 
the parties.  The terms of this Agreement shall not be deemed to have been 
waived by oral agreement, course of performance or by any other means other 
than a written agreement expressly providing for such waiver.

     11.  VOLUNTARY AND KNOWING ACTION.  Mr. Hunstad acknowledges that he has 
read and understands the terms of this Agreement and that he is voluntarily 
entering into this Agreement.  He acknowledges that this Agreement is 
intended to be a legally binding document and that he has had ample 
opportunity to consult with a competent attorney before agreeing to its 
terms. 

     12.  INVALIDITY.  If any one or more of the provisions of this Agreement 
should be invalid, illegal, or unenforceable in any respect, the validity, 
legality, and enforceability of the remaining provisions contained in this 
Agreement will not in any way be affected or impaired.

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     13.  NO IMPLIED WAIVER.  Should CogenAmerica fail to immediately 
exercise its right to enforce any provision of this Agreement, such action 
shall not be construed as a waiver of its right to enforce any and all of its 
rights at a later date.

     14.  NON-ASSIGNMENT. The Agreement shall not be assigned by Mr. Hunstad 
without the prior written consent of the President of CogenAmerica

     15.  MODIFICATION BY COURT.  If the scope of any provision of this 
Agreement is too broad to permit enforcement of the provision to its full 
extent, the parties agree that the provision shall be enforced to the maximum 
extent allowed by law and modified by a court of competent jurisdiction in 
any proceeding to enforce the provision.

     16.  GOVERNING LAW.  This Agreement will be construed and interpreted in 
accordance with the laws of the State of Minnesota.

     17.  COUNTERPARTS.  This Agreement may be executed simultaneously in two 
or more counterparts, each of which will be deemed an original, but all of 
which together will constitute one and the same instrument.  By signing below 
Mr. Hunstad acknowledges that he has received a copy of this Agreement.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Agreement to be signed 
as of the day and year first above written.

COGENERATION CORPORATION                EMPLOYEE
    OF AMERICA

By: 
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    Julie A. Jorgensen                  Timothy P. Hunstad
    Its President & CEO



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