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American Clean Energy and Security Act
Bill fights global warming and helps farmers and landowners
The American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009 (H.R. 2454), designed to create clean energy jobs, achieve energy independence, reduce global warming pollution and transition to a clean energy economy, is expected to be brought to a vote in the U.S. House of Representatives on Friday, June 26, prior to Congress's Fourth of July recess.
The Clean Energy Economy
Green Jobs growing faster than other sectors
There's lots of talk about Green Jobs, but is it just hype or can the renewable energy industries really help us out of the economic crisis? Over the past decade the clean energy economy grew some 2-1/2 times faster than the overall jobs market in the U.S., according to a new report by The Pew Charitables Trusts.
Windustry Newsletter - May 2009
Featured in this issue:
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Character with a Cause:
Lisa Daniels on harnessing the wind in USA Network video - REAP Energy Grants Available:
Grants to help farmers and ranchers with energy audits, energy
efficiency, and renewable energy projects - Landowner Wind Energy Associations:
New Introduction to LWEAs available from Windustry - Windustry to Organize Community Wind Energy Conferences
- Windspiration
- On the Windustry Trail
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Character with a Cause:
Small Wind Grew 78% in 2008
The U.S. market for small wind turbines—those with capacities of 100 kilowatts (kW) and less—grew 78% in 2008, with 17.3 megawatts (MW) of new electrical capacity, according to the 2008 AWEA Small Wind Global Market Study released by the American Wind Energy Association.
USDA REAP Energy Grants Available
Grants to help farmers and ranchers with energy audits, energy efficiency, and renewable energy projects
Farmers, ranchers, and other rural small businesses have until July 31, 2009 to apply for grants or loan guarantees to assist with energy efficiency and renewable energy projects through the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Energy for America Program (REAP)
Windustry to Organize Community Wind Energy Conferences
Community Wind Conference 2008 in Albany, New York, organized by WindustyThe United States Department of Energy (DOE) recently granted Windustry $100,000 to organize six regional Community Wind Energy Conferences over the next two years.
Department of Energy Announces $93 million to Support Wind Energy
DOE Secretary Steven Chu with President Barack ObamaWASHINGTON, D.C. - April 29, 2009 - Secretary of Energy Steven Chu announced that $93 million from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) will be used to support the development of wind energy projects.
Windustry Newsletter - April 2009
Featured in this issue:
- Earth Day 2009
Even one person can make a difference with Community Wind - U.S. Wind Energy Grew by 50% in 2008
United States leads the world with 25,300 MW capacity - Help Community Wind Grow
Thanks to all who became a Friend of Windustry - Living Green Expo
Visit Windustry at the Expo & enter to win a Framed Poster - Windspiration
- On the Windustry Trail...
- Earth Day 2009
Minnesota Transmission Line to Carry Wind Energy
ST. PAUL, MN, April 16, 2009 — The Minnesota Public Utilities Commission (MN PUC) has granted the CapX2020 utilities a Certificate of Need to construct three 345-kilovolt electric transmission lines in Minnesota. The three lines will run from Fargo, SD to Monticello, MN; from Hampton, MN through Rochester, MN to La Crosse, WI; and from Brookings, SD to Hampton, MN.
Wind Energy Growth in 2008
In 2008 U.S. wind energy grew by over 8,500 megawatts (MW) of new wind power capacity, increasing the nation’s cumulative total by 50% to over 25,300 MW, pushing the U.S. above Germany as the country with the largest amount of wind power capacity installed, according to a new report from the American Wind Energy Assocation (AWEA).
