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Oregon Lands Could Reopen to Logging

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Weekly Clean Energy Roundup:November 9, 2005

News and Events U.S. Government Exceeds its Goal for Renewable Energy Use Renewable Energy Markets Showed Strong Growth in 2004 U.S. Wind Power Grows at Record Pace in 2005 California Approves Contract for 500-Megawatt Solar Facility University of Delaware to Lead $54 Million Solar Cell Project VeraSun and Ford to Convert Gasoline Pumps to EthanolU.S. Government Exceeds its Goal for Renewable Energy UseThe federal government exceeded its goal of obtaining 2.5 percent of its electricity from renewable energy sources by the end of September, according to figures released last week by DOE. As the largest energy consumer in the nation, the federal government now uses 2,375 million kilowatt-hours of renewable energy per year. That represents a nearly 14-fold increase in renewable energy use since 1999, when an Executive Order set the goal. Today, the federal government’s annual use of biomass, geothermal, solar, and wind power is enough to power 225,000 homes or a city the size of El Paso, Texas. See the DOE press release.The federal government now has a new goal to meet, as the Energy Policy Act of 2005 requires the government to obtain 7.5 percent of its electrical power from renewable sources of energy by 2013. A […]

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China Ups National Renewable Energy Goal

Renewable energy got a big boost this week when China raised its target from 10-15% by 2020 for the amount the field will contribute to national energy consumption. Vice Premier Zeng Peiyan made the announcement at an international conference on renewable energy, the Beijing International Renewable Energy Conference. The largest proportion of “renewables” will come from hydropower, an area of contention for the environmental community. And the country will continue to rely on coal as its main power source. In terms of pure renewables, the largest amount will come from biomass, followed by wind and then solar energy. In February China’s parliament passed a renewable energy law that will take effect in January and set tariffs in favour of non-fossil energy. Coal currently provides 70% of China’s electricity. The country is the world’s second-largest energy consumer and greenhouse gas emitter. “Such a coal-based power structure will remain unchanged for a long time,” said Zhou Dabing, president and chief executive of state-owned China Guodian Corp., one of the country’s “big five” generation groups, adding that China had enough coal for only another 100 years. According to China Daily, 1.5 trillion yuan (US$ 184 billion) will be needed to reach this goal. […]

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