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Riding the momentum of unprecedented, record-setting growth, the wind energy industry is said to be ready - in 20% Wind Energy by 2030: Increasing Wind Energy’s Contribution to U.S. Electricity Supply, a new report from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) - to provide 20% of U.S. electricity by 2030. […]

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Senator Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn) has been among the staunch Republican recalcitrants who have blocked New Energy’s progress at the national level. Cleverly, he offsets the political blowback from opposition to one of the most popular causes in U.S. politics today (New Energy) with rhetoric masking his votes in defense of […]

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In an effort to allay the excessive and growing cost burden of carbon-capture-and-sequestration (aka CCS or “clean” coal), the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) earlier this year dropped out of the FutureGen Alliance plan to build an experimental plant in Mattoon, Illinois. (See DOE DROPPING FUTUREGEN?)
The costs for DOE’s part […]

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