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Local Clean Power
| Author: |
Creech, Dennis, Eliot Metzger, Samantha Putt Del Pino, John D. Wilson |
| Date: |
2009 |
| Periodical: |
Southeast Energy Opportunities |
| Abstract: |
Southeast states seeking solutions to current and future energy
challenges have a major opportunity to use existing technology
to harness local renewable energy resources. Our regional
assessment, drawing on recent government and regional studies,
suggests sufficient renewable energy resources to meet as
much as 30 percent of the Southeast’s electric power needs
within the next 15 years.
National, regional, and state renewable energy potential studies
in the Southeast show that available biomass, solar, wind, and
hydroelectric resources can play a significant role in meeting
the region’s 21st century electric power needs. Sustainably
developed biomass resources can be an alternative to new coal
and nuclear baseload electric power plants. Solar, wind, and
low-impact hydropower can be integrated to meet intermediate
and/or peak electricity demands. |
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local_clean_power_wri.sace.southface.pdf
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