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Alt-Fuel Freeway: The governors of California, Oregon and Washington are considering a plan to make Interstate 5 a “green freeway,” installing batter charging and swap stations, plus biodiesel, ethanol, hydrogen and compressed natural gas fuel pumps along the West Coast route from Canada to Mexico. — Seattle Times
Winds of Change (for the Worse): A new HSBC report forecasts the global wind market will see a 20 percent decline in installations this year, rather than the previously expected flat growth. — WSJ’s Environmental capital
Tampa to Tap Solar: Tampa Electric Co. has signed a contract to buy solar-generated electricity from a 25 MW south-central Florida facility slated to come online in 2011. — Forbes
Salazar in the Clean Energy Zone: Interior Secretary Ken Salazar wants to create renewable energy zones to encourage solar and wind projects, and build transmission lines to carry clean power to population centers. He’s less keen on offshore energy projects. — Associated Press
Backing Off Coal: A growing number of energy companies are delaying or scrapping plans for new coal-fired power plants in the U.S. because of looming climate legislation. Alliant Energy, NV Energy and Southern Montana Electric Generation & Transmission are some of the latest. — USA Today
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I live about 45 miles north of Tampa and just wrote an article about the projected Solar Plant today! I’m pretty excited about the prospects…
~Wind
Here’s a link to my article on the subject: http://winddanncer.today.com/2009/03/10/using-the-sun-in-florida-for-energy-what-a-novel-idea/
We can generate all the CLEAN, CHEAP ENERGY we need – Check this: You can direct all your Income tax dollars into SOLAR ENERGY equipment – and put them to work for you – cleaning environment, creating jobs here, less foreign dependence – instead of sending them to the IRS & the Bankers with a 100% Tax Credit: tnns.org/energy-credit