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Solar In The Spotlight

March 26 -- Most of the attention may be focused on domestic oil and gas production, but it could be solar power that really helps the United States on its path to energy independence. >>View Article

Renewable Energy Can Be Next American Success Story

March 26 -- President Barack Obama recently paid a visit to the Argonne National Laboratory where he strongly voiced concerns about the national security threat Americans face from dependence on oil as a single source of fuel. As an Army veteran now working to develop advanced-energy technologies, I was proud to be there, too, standing next to a president who listens to the advice of military and national security leaders — and offers solutions to tackle our nation’s toughest energy challenges. >>View Article

The Biggest Fight Over Renewable Energy Is Now In The States

March 26 -- Nowadays, a huge chunk of the action on clean energy in the United States is happening at the state level. Some 29 states and Washington D.C. have renewable energy standards requiring electric utilities to get a portion of their power from sources like wind or solar. >>View Article

In Farewell Speech, Salazar Calls Reducing Oil Imports A Top Achievement

March 26 -- Interior Secretary Ken Salazar said in his Monday farewell speech that realizing a goal since his Senate days of curtailing oil imports was one of his top accomplishments at the Interior Department. Salazar said he repeats a metric in speeches across the country that astounds him: “We are now at a point where we are importing less than 40 percent of our oil.” >>View Article

Wind Power Here To Stay In Iowa

March 25 -- With the recent layoff of 40 employees at Acciona Windpower in West Branch and larger furloughs last fall at Siemens Energy, Trinity Towers and other Iowa wind turbine component plants, the long-term viability of the industry has been questioned. >>View Article

Renewable Energy Standard Benefits Our Schools

March 25 -- Last year Crossroads College Preparatory School was the first K-12 school in the region with a major solar installation: 364 solar panels totaling 87 kilowatts, enough to power eight homes. Over 10 years, we'll offset the burning of 1 million pounds of coal and save at least $33,000 in energy costs. That's money we can use to support our academic programs. >>View Article

Preserve Renewable Energy Standards

March 25 -- In 2005, the Montana Legislature set a modest, sensible energy standard that 15 percent of the power acquired by utilities would come from renewable energy – primarily wind – by 2015. Now some legislators are working to undermine that standard by redefining it. Changes proposed under Senate Bills 31 and 45 would effectively eliminate wind and solar power in future energy supplies. When lawmakers set the renewable energy standard, Montana had a mere 2 megawatts of generating capacity from wind turbines. Now we have 627 megawatts of capacity. View Article >>

Solar Power, Now Thriving In NC, Under Cloud As GOP Proposes Reforms

March 25 -- To appreciate the explosive growth of solar power in North Carolina, consider the state of the solar industry six years ago: Solar energy was so unusual that most residents had never seen a photovoltaic panel here. >>View Article

Plug-In Vehicles Could Generate Revenue For The Military

March 22 -- The Air Force plans to spend $20 million on a new fleet of electric vehicles that can recuperate their costs by plugging back into the grid. >>View Article

D.C. Government’s Agencies Switching To 100% Wind Energy

March 22 -- Wind energy, provided by a Washington Gas Energy Services owned wind farm in Northern Virginia, will provide all of the electricity needs for the district’s government agencies. >>View Article

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