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March 24, 2010
Colorado Boosts its Renewable Energy Requirement to 30% by 2020
Colorado has increased its renewable energy standard for utilities to 30% by 2020, up from the previous 20% target set in 2007. The new legislation also requires utilities to draw on distributed sources of renewable energy for 3% of their retail electric sales by 2020. More
March 10, 2010
USDA Guarantees an $80 Million Loan to a Georgia Biorefinery
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has guaranteed an $80 million loan to Range Fuels, Inc., which is building a biorefinery in Georgia to convert wood chips to biofuels using a two-step thermochemical process. The guarantee is the agency's first to a commercial-scale cellulosic biofuel plant. More
July 1, 2009
Interior Department Expedites Solar Energy Development in the West
The Interior Department has identified 24 large tracts of public land that could potentially host utility-scale solar power plants. The agency is studying the environmental and resource suitability of the tracts, located in Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, and Utah, with the intent to speed the development of solar power facilities in the West. More
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