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NREL’s Visitors Center offers consumer information, exhibits and student tours. It is open weekdays from 9:00a.m.-5:00p.m. Forinformationcall303-384-6565. Renewable Energy and Efficiency Education on Wheels is a mobile showcase of energy technologies. For information call 303-275-3660. NREL’s 327-acre site is in Golden, Colorado, just west of Denver. The Laboratory also operates the National Wind Technology Center on 307 acres about 20 miles north of Golden. National Renewable Energy Laboratory 1617 Cole Boulevard, Golden, CO 80401-3393 303-275-3000 • www.nrel.gov Operated for the U.S. Department of Energy by Midwest Research Institute • Battelle Contract No. DE-AC36-99-GO10337 NREL/BR-860-40487 • August 2006 Printed with renewable -source ink on paper containing at least 50% wastepaper, including 10% post consumer ...

- 1 - APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY INTRODUCED BY COUNCILMEMBER __ C ITY A TTORNEY ORDINANCE NO. __C.M.S. AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE ENACTING INTERIM PROCEDURES THAT WAIVE CURRENT DESIGN REVIEW REQUIREMENTS FOR THE INSTALLATION OF RENEWABLE ENERGY PRODUCTION FACILITIES WITHIN ANY ZONING DISTRICT, AND SUSPENDING ALL CONFLICTING DESIGN REVIEW RELATED CODES AND REGULATIONS, FOR A TWO YEAR PERIOD WHEREAS , on January 18, 2001, Governor Gray Davis declared a state of emergency for the State of California due to the current energy crisis; and WHEREAS , the City of Oakland is currently experiencing an energy crisis and the real threat of rolling blackouts in the near future; and WHEREAS, the City of Oakland recognizes the need to promote the use of renewable energy ; and WHEREAS, Renewable Energy Production Facilities ...

EPA-State Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Projects Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Offers Many Benefits Energy efficiency and other clean energy resources are delivering a host of benefits, including enhanced electric system reliability, moderated natural gas prices, economic development and reduced environmental impacts. Many states are finding that energy efficiency can deliver energy savings at a significantly lower cost than the construction of new energy supply and that renewable energy offers an important opportunity to diversify the energy portfolio. However, there remains tremendous untapped potential for additional cost-effective energy efficiency, clean distributed generation and renewable energy resources across the country. Harnessing these resources is particularly important today, as natural gas prices are expected to remain at or above ...

The Role of Renewable Energy in a Carbon-Constrained World Page 2 i Renewable Energy Network for the 21st Century (REN21) REN21 is a global policy network aimed at providing a forum for international leadership on renewable energy . Its goal is to allow the rapid expansion of renewable energies in developing and industrial countries by bolstering policy develop- ment and decision-making on sub-national, national and international levels. A dynamic policy network will increase the ability of the renewable energy community to influence national legislation and international processes. Open to a very wide variety of relevant and dedicated stakeholders, REN21 helps create an environment in which ideas and information are shared and cooperation and action are encouraged to promote renewable energy worldwide. REN21 connects governments, international ...

Energy Efficiency, Renewable Energy , and Jobs in Massachusetts Page 2 MTC Board of Directors Executive Committee Karl Weiss,Board Chairperson,MTC;Professor Emeritus,Northeastern University Lawrence J.Reilly,Board Vice-Chairperson,MTC;Senior Vice President,General Counsel and Secretary,National Grid USA David D.Fleming,Group Senior Vice President,Genzyme Corporation Renee M.Fry,Director,Massachusetts Department of Business and Technology Paul C.Martin,John H.Van Vleck Professor of Pure and Applied Physics,Harvard University Board Members Patrick Carney,Executive Vice President,Members Plus Credit Union Aram V.Chobanian,President ad interim,Boston University Michael J.Cronin,President and CEO,Cognition Corporation Priscilla Douglas,President,PHDouglas & Associates Thomas A.Farrington,President and CEO,Farrington Associates,Inc. Patricia M.Flynn,Trustee ...

Congressional Research Service ˜ The Library of Congress CRS Issue Brief for Congress Received through the CRS Web Order Code IB10041 Renewable Energy : Tax Credit, Budget, and Electricity Production Issues Updated August 22, 2005 Fred Sissine Resources, Science, and Industry Page 2 C ONTENTS S UMMARY M OST R ECENT D EVELOPMENTS B ACKGROUND AND A NALYSIS Renewable Energy Concept Contribution to National Energy Supply Role in Long-Term Energy Supply History Tax Credits Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act State and Local Government Roles Renewables in the 109 th Congress Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS) Renewable Energy Production Tax Credit (PTC) and ...

Regional Renewable Energy Strategy for the South West of England 2003-2010 With foreword from Rt Hon Patricia Hewitt MP, Secretary of State for Trade and Industry Page 2 FOREWORD In our recent Energy White Paper (“Our Energy Future: Creating a Low Carbon Economy”) the Government laid out a new direction for energy policy. A direction which will allow us to meet the challenge of cutting carbon emissions, whilst also providing affordable energy and ensuring reliable energy supplies. We set out a vision for a cleaner, smarter energy system to do this. Renewable energy is at the heart of that vision. I am therefore delighted to see the South West grasping the opportunities that renewable energy provides and integrating its role with other key regional developments. It is clear that the South West has the natural resources to generate significant amounts of power from ...

World Bank Group Progress on Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Fiscal Year 2005 The World Bank Group The Energy and Mining Sector Board December 2005 [* Page 2 Page 3 World Bank Group Progress on Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency: Fiscal Year 2005 World Bank Group Energy and Mining Sector Board December 2005 Page 4 ii Copyright © 2005 The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development / The World Bank Group 1818 H Street, NW Washington, DC 20433, USA All rights reserved First printing: December 2005 Manufactured in the United States of America This document is a product of the staff of the World Bank Group. The findings, interpretations, and conclusions expressed herein do not necessarily ...

ENVIRONMENT AND RENEWABLE ENERGY FUND 2006-2008– UPDATE AS OF 17 JULY 2006 PROGRAMME: Research & Demonstration [£15.2m] To identify and assimilate best practice, and develop plans to encourage the integration of renewable energy in Northern Ireland through effective ‘demonstration’ in a range of projects. Action Progress to Date £1.4 million in 2006/07 to encourage commercial, industrial and agricultural premises to make use of renewable energy . Invest NI are currently developing an interest free loan scheme, in conjunction with the Carbon Trust, providing support of up to £250k per project. This scheme will be operational in August. £6 million in 2007/08 to develop two Energy Flagship Projects, (municipal, industrial or agricultural) which will use waste to create energy . DETI will issue a public call for expressions of interest in September. A period of assessment ...

CEO briefing Innovative financing for sustainability Finance Initiative Renewable energy has to supply a greater share of the world's energy requirements. Renewables confer a number of major benefits compared to other energy pathways - energy security, a stable climate, cleaner air, and new employment opportunities - and the resources are truly vast. It is estimated that the market for clean energy technologies could be worth $1.9 trillion by 2020. The financial sector has a key role to play in developing and promoting this market. Renewable energy is both a solution and a business opportunity. However, there are still some significant barriers to capturing this promise. The most important thing that policymakers can do is create confidence in the long- term future of the renewables market by policies that make "the ...

Action Plan for the Global Proliferation of Renewable Energy 2002 WCRE World Council for Renewable Energy Page 2 First World Renewable Energy Forum: Policies and Strategies WCRE Conference 2002 2 Considerations 1. The unfulfilled promise of the Agenda 21 Ten years after the “Agenda 21”resolution of the UN- Conference on Environment and Development in Rio – the Earth Summit – the ecological world crisis has become more and more critical.The proliferation of conferences has not led to improved environmen- tal conditions, in spite of the given promise. The environmental conditions of most countries have worsened.The promise to inaugurate the age of“sus- tainable development”has not been kept.Quite obvi- ously the methods and priorities have to be reviewed. We need new strategies of the Agenda 21 process ...

Can you imagine life without tele- vision, cars, or computers? What if you had to cook your dinner over a fire or fetch water from a river? It might be fun for a camp- ing trip, but you probably would not want to do it every day. But that’s how life was before scien- tists and inventors discovered ways to use energy to make our lives easier. Today, most of the energy we use comes from fossil fuels. Coal, oil, and natural gas are all fossil fuels. Over millions of years, the decay of plants, dinosaurs, and other animals was formed into fossil fuels. These fuels lie buried between layers of earth and rock. The only way to get them out is to drill or mine for them. While fos- sil fuels are still being created Learning About Renewable Energy C LE A R I N G H O US E E ...

State Renewable Energy Requirements and Goals: Status Through 2003 by Thomas Petersik As of the end of 2003, 15 States have programs to encourage the development of renewable energy for electricity generation. Of the 17 programs (two States have multiple programs), 9 are renewable portfolio standards (RPS), 4 are renewable energy mandates, and 4 are renewable energy goals. RPS provisions generally require that a specified share of electricity generation or sales come from qualify- ing renewable technologies. Mandates, on the other hand, require the construction of set amounts of new renewable capacity using specified technologies. Goal-based programs are voluntary, and gener- ally the goals can be met with a mix of renewable technologies. As of the end of 2003, 2,004 mega- watts (86 percent) of the 2,335 megawatts of new renewable energy capacity constructed in ...

Emerging Markets for Renewable Energy Certificates: Opportunities and Challenges January 2005 • NREL/TP-620-37388 Ed Holt Ed Holt and Associates Inc. Lori Bird National Renewable Energy Laboratory National Renewable Energy Laboratory 1617 Cole Boulevard, Golden, Colorado 80401-3393 303-275-3000 • www.nrel.gov Operated for the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy by Midwest Research Institute • Battelle Contract No. DE-AC36-99-GO10337 Page 2 National Renewable Energy Laboratory 1617 Cole Boulevard, Golden, Colorado 80401-3393 303-275-3000 • www.nrel.gov Operated for the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy by Midwest Research Institute • Battelle Contract No. DE-AC36-99-GO10337 ...

Congressional Research Service ˜ The Library of Congress CRS Issue Brief for Congress Received through the CRS Web Order Code IB10041 Renewable Energy : Tax Credit, Budget, and Electricity Production Issues Updated October 29, 2004 Fred Sissine Resources, Science, and Industry Division Page 2 C ONTENTS S UMMARY M OST R ECENT D EVELOPMENTS B ACKGROUND AND A NALYSIS Renewable Energy Concept Contribution to National Energy Supply Role in Long-Term Energy Supply History Tax Credits Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act State and Local Government Roles Renewables in Omnibus Energy Bills (S. 1637, S. 2095, and H.R. 6) Production Tax Credit (PTC) and Production Incentive ...

Clean Energy Group ó Clean Energy Funds Network 50 State Street ó Suite 5 ó Montpelier, VT ó 05602 Tel: (802) 223-2554 ó Fax: (802) 223-4967 www.cleanenergyfunds.org Building Renewable Energy Markets: A Public Education Strategy For State Clean Energy Funds By: Lyn Rosoff Chris Colbert Second Wind Enterprises with: Richard Earle Greenbranch Enterprises February 6, 2002 © 2002 Clean Energy Group / Clean Energy Funds Network Clean Energy Funds Network Investing in markets for clean energy . C C E E F F N N Page 2 Building Renewable Energy Markets: A Public Education Strategy Acknowledgements This report was prepared under the direction of Lewis Milford and Roger Clark of CEFN. Funding for this report was provided by the clean energy funds of Connecticut, ...

Policies to Promote Non-hydro Renewable Energy in the United States and Selected Countries February 2005 Energy Information Administration Office of Coal, Nuclear, Electric and Alternate Fuels United States Department of Energy Washington, DC 20585 y This report is available on the Web at: http://www.eia.doe.gov/fuelrenewable.html This report was prepared by the Energy Information Administration, the independent statistical and analytical agency within the United States Department of Energy . The information contained herein should be attributed to the Energy Information Administration and should not be construed as advocating or reflecting any policy of the Department of Energy or any other organization. Page 2 - 2 - Contacts This report was prepared by the staff of the Renewable Information ...

Roya Stanley State and Local Initiatives National Renewable Energy Laboratory NASEO Naples, Florida September 16-20, 2002 Page 2 NREL, Regional Offices and the States The National Renewable Energy Laboratory, in cooperation with DOE Regional Offices, continues to partner with and support State Energy Offices. Page 3 Energy and the Environment The DOE Team • Regional Offices • Golden Field Office • The National Renewable Energy Laboratory Page 4 • Inadequate Federal grants • Insufficient State appropriations • Depleted oil overcharge funds • Dwindling staff • So few resources, so much to do. The World of State Energy Offices Page 5 ...

NRECA Member Resolution 05-G-1 Cooperative Support for Renewable Energy NRECA supports power developed from renewable resources that naturally replenish, utilize residual materials, or recycle waste. Renewable resources include hydro (both low head and high head), landfill methane, geothermal generation, manure digesters, wind, solar, biomass, wood and others. The use of these resources can be beneficial to our environment and assist rural economies throughout much of the U.S. Further, NRECA should participate in the development of a national energy policy and pursue appropriate legislation that will: • Provide appropriate funding for research, development and demonstration projects; • Include incentives to fully utilize domestic resources that are available to all segments of the industry on an equitable basis. Investor-owned utilities receive federal tax credits for the production of electricity ...