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- Wind Turbine Development: Location of Manufacturing Activity
- Wind, one of the lowest cost renewable energy resources, would be very likely to provide a large part of the renewable energy developed under any national program using these two support mechanisms. Since the best wind resource is in the upper Great Plains region, it is reasonable to conclude that...
- White papers 2004-09-01
- A Sustainable Energy Industry Cluster for Mesa Del Sol
- This review outlines the characteristics of, and potential participants in, a sustainable energy industry cluster. It defines the terms: sustainability, sustainable energy, and industry clusters. It further outlines the factors driving these industries. This article maps the principle sectors of illustrative sustainable energy industries and notes some financing opportunities. Finally,...
- White papers
- Build It Right: Cleaner Energy for Better Buildings
- Buildings have a large environmental footprint and influence the comfort and productivity. Growing the market for clean, affordable buildings will require numerous steps on the part of many actors, but it will have a significant payoff. As this paper shows, the building sector is a complex, diverse agglomeration of actors,...
- White papers 2000-03-01
- Federal Energy Subsidies: Not All Technologies Are Created Equal
- This report examines federal subsidies to wind, solar, and nuclear power programs and finds that while nuclear energy received the majority of subsidies, wind energy provided more energy per dollar spent in the first 10 years. Wind, solar and nuclear power received approximately $150 billion in cumulative federal subsidies over...
- White papers 2000-07-01
- Powering the South: A Clean and Affordable Energy Plan for the Southern United States
- This report offers a path to clean, affordable power system, one that reduces the harmful pollution of the current power system while still assuring that power remains affordable and reliable. The report shows that the technical potential for efficiency and renewable energy exists to replace a substantial portion of the...
- White papers 2002-01-01
- Renewable Energy for California: Benefits, Status and Potential
- This report discusses the importance of renewable energy to Californians concerned about price, reliability, and environmental quality. The report also explores the potential for renewable energy in California and identifies important policy options to ensure that renewable' multiple benefits are realized through the development of a diversified portfolio of energy...
- White papers 2002-03-01
- Residential Photovoltaic Program Development for Florida
- This paper assesses the potential of rooftop solar photovoltaic PV systems to gain market acceptance and provide part of the electrical requirement of Florida over the next decade. The attractiveness of rooftop PV systems to individual customers will depend upon a comparison consumers make between the cost per kilowatt-hour kWh...
- White papers 2002-07-02
- Adopting a Georgia Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Set Aside
- The paper discusses about the organizations which are dedicated to assisting in the development of an effective set-aside program for energy efficiency/ renewable energy for the State of Georgia to incorporate in its Regional NOX State Implementation Plan: Georgians for Clean Energy, Southface Energy Institute, Southern Alliance for Clean Energy,...
- White papers 2003-06-24
- Case Study: Arizona
- In February 2001, Arizona began implementation of an Environmental Portfolio Standard EPS, which required electricity utilities to provide 1.1% of the total retail energy sales through qualified renewable energy resources by 2007. Recognizing that solar was the most abundant renewable energy source; the EPS directed that 60% of these projects...
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- Coastal North Carolina Wind Resource Assessment Project
- Recent advances in wind turbine technology combined with work done by the North Carolina State Energy Office to map the wind resource in eastern North Carolina show that the Coastal region of North Carolina holds substantial wind power potential for wind energy development. This article focuses on the Coastal North...
- White papers
- Wind Energy for Electric Power: A REPP Issue Brief
- This paper focuses on utility-scale electricity generation from wind and provides an overview of the history, technologies, economics, environmental impacts, regulations, and policies related to this use of wind power. References to other sources of information are provided throughout and in a separate section at the end. Wind power has...
- White papers 2003-07-01
- Offshore Wind Farm Approval Process, North Carolina
- In a number of European nations, offshore wind farms are well established. However, in the United States, the concept is relatively new and an established approval process for offshore wind farm permitting does not yet exist. This document identifies the approval process one would need to take in order to...
- White papers 2003-06-03
- Benefiting North Carolina Communities With Offshore Wind Farms
- This paper discusses the offshore wind farms and its benefits, which are wind developments located in submerged lands, lands that are owned by state and federal governments. Commercial activity on these submerged lands, such as an electricity-generating wind farm, will not directly benefit local communities in terms of land leases,...
- White papers 2003-12-15
- The Effect of Wind Development on Local Property Values
- This REPP analytical report reviews data on property sales near wind projects and uses statistical analysis to determine whether and the extent to which the presence of a wind power project has had an influence on the prices at which properties have been sold. The hypothesis underlying this analysis is...
- White papers 2003-05-01
- The Work That Goes Into Renewable Energy
- This report examines the labor requirements for renewable energy in the United States, from collecting fuel to manufacturing components to building and running power plants. A variety of reinforcing trends make it essential to understand the job benefits of renewable. Renewable energy is growing steadily both domestically and worldwide, thanks...
- White papers 2001-11-01
Additional Resources
- Nevada Power Sets Deadline for Renewable Power Proposals.
- By John G. Edwards, Las Vegas Review-Journal Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Aug. 6--An executive with a national renewable power organization told Nevada officials on Tuesday that incentives and other benefits from photovoltaic solar panels could result in a 40 percent cost ...
- Research articles 2003-08-06
- Energy Department to Award Arkansas $107,097for Energy Savings Project
- WASHINGTON, Aug. 9 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Secretary of Energy Spencer Abraham announced today that the Department of Energy DOE will provide $107,097 to the state of Arkansas for an energy efficiency and renewable energy project. Funding is being provided through DOEs State Energy Program Special Projects competitive grants. "Energy...
- Research articles 2004-08-09
- Gephardt Statement on President Bush's Energy Policy
- WASHINGTON, Feb. 14 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The following was released today by the office of House Democratic Leader Richard A. Gephardt: "I was disappointed in President Bush's remarks today on the energy challenges facing America. As I've previously suggested, America must launch an 'Apollo Project' to develop environmentally smart,...
- Research articles 2002-02-25
- ALTENER PROJECT SHOWS POSITIVE IMPACT OF RENEWABLES ON EMPLOYMENT.
- An Altener project financed by the European Commission has shown that over 1.6 million jobs could be created by 2010 thanks to the implementation of European policy to promote renewable energy sources. Biofuels, biomass and wind energy would account An Altener project financed by the...
- Research articles 2004-04-02
- Energy Roundup: Aquamarine's Big Catch, Power Grab For Grid, and More
- Aquamarine lands massive ocean power deal -- Aquamarine Power will develop 1,000 megawatts of wave and tidal power by 2020 in a joint deal with Airtricity, the renewable energy development division of Scottish and Southern Energy. Edinburgh, Scotland-based Aquamarine's plan to build two different prototypes -- one using tidal and...
- Blog posts 2009-02-24
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