National Clean Energy Month - May 2011

A thriving economy.


Fast electric vehicles operating at $1 dollar per gallon.


A healthy environment for our families.




This is the promise of a Renewable Future.

Renewable Film Awards: Best Picture - May 2011

Renewable Film Awards: Best Educational Picture - May 2011

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For Immediate Release: Weds April 27, 2011

Celebration of Renewable Energy encourages America
to Invest, Drive and Produce Clean Energy

Denver, CO - Recognizing one of the country's fastest growing business sectors “National Clean Energy Month” celebrates America's renewable energy industry, fast electric cars and investment in a bright future. Key Goals of National Clean Energy Month

• have 90% of new electricity added to the US grid each year come from renewable sources by 2014
  (in 2008 and 2009 about 40% of new US electricity was generated by renewables with an investment of $19 billion)


• generate $350 billion in new clean energy investment by having 5% of 401(k), IRAs and other saving plans be invested in renewable energy production


• facilitate the swift adoption of electric vehicles to help American families and businesses drive for a cost of $1 per gallon powered by wind, solar and other forms of renewables.
  
  Vehicles like the Chevy Volt and Nissan Leaf range from $26 to $33k after tax credits. Homeowners with solar panels can commute for free

Within four years, the majority of new electricity added to the US electrical grid each year is expected to come from renewable sources like wind, solar, geothermal and in-stream hydro.

Attend May 10, 2011 Clean Energy Gala...

Since wind turbines occupy only 1 percent of the land covered by a wind farm, farmers and ranchers can continue to grow grain and graze cattle on land devoted to wind farms. In effect, they double-crop their land, simultaneously harvesting electricity and wheat, corn, or cattle.

With no investment on their part, farmers and ranchers typically receive $3,000 to $10,000 a year in royalties for each wind turbine on their land. For thousands of ranchers in the U.S. great plains, wind royalties will dwarf their net earnings from cattle sales.

Excerpt from Lester Brown's Article 'Wind Power Surges Forward Around the Globe' - click to read full article at Grist.com




In terms of sheer volume, the United States leads the world with 35,000 megawatts of wind generating capacity, followed by China and Germany with 26,000 megawatts each.

Texas, long the leading U.S. oil-producing state, is now also the nation's leading generator of electricity from wind. It has 9,700 megawatts of wind generating capacity online, 370 megawatts more under construction, and a huge amount under development.

If all of the wind farms projected for 2025 are completed, Texas will have 38,000 megawatts of wind generating capacity -- the equivalent of 38 coal-fired power plants. This would satisfy roughly 90 percent of the current residential electricity needs of the state's 25 million people.

In July 2010, ground was broken for the Alta Wind Energy Center (AWEC) in the Tehachapi Pass, some 75 miles north of Los Angeles, Calif. At 1,550 megawatts, it will be the largest U.S. wind farm. The AWEC is part of what will eventually be 4,500 megawatts of renewable power generation, enough to supply electricity to some 3 million homes.

For many years, a small handful of countries dominated growth in wind power, but this is changing as the industry goes global, with more than 70 countries now developing wind resources.

“Between 2000 and 2010, world wind electric generating capacity increased at a rapid pace from 17,000 megawatts to nearly 200,000 megawatts.

   66 million homes around the globe are now powered by wind”

Read More From Lester Brown's Article "Wind power surges forward around the globe"