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22 May 2013

This guest blog post, written May 15, is reprinted from the Clean Currents blog with the permission of the author, Meghan Tighe. Last week I had the opportunity to travel…

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GWU issues RFP for renewable energy

17 May 2013 by Tom Gray

George Washington University (GWU) has released a Request for Proposals for wind and/or solar projects for the purchase of 75,000 megawatt-hours (MWh) per year of renewable energy on a…

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Public opinion watch: It's a landslide: 87% of Illinois voters want more renewable energy

16 May 2013 by Tom Gray

Nearly 77 percent back legislation to fix state's Renewable Portfolio Standard Wide majorities of likely Illinois voters believe it is important that the state maintain its commitment to increase…

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Health system's data centers first in Pennsylvania to commit to 100% Pa. wind power

15 May 2013 by Tom Gray

The University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) said Monday that its data centers have gone “green” to support both clean energy and local job creation. Through the purchase of renewable…

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Fact check: 5 things the AP missed in its recent coverage of wind energy

14 May 2013 by John Anderson

We all plug things in, and that energy has to come from somewhere. Despite what a story on the Associated Press wire today would seem to suggest, wind power is…

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Top states for installed new wind capacity during the third quarter include Kansas, (473 MW); Oregon (333 MW); Texas (281 MW); Oklahoma (229 MW); and Nevada (152 MW)
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The U.S. wind industry supported more than 75,000 jobs in 2011. A full 30,000 of those jobs were in manufacturing.
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35 percent of new U.S. electric generating capacity came from wind from 2007-2011, with less than 15 percent of new capacity coming from coal, and less than 1 percent coming from nuclear.
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Grid operators in America and worldwide already rely on wind power to keep the lights on.
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American wind is one of the most affordable forms of new energy. It costs less than new coal or nuclear energy. It competes with natural gas in wind-rich regions.
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Driving today costs over 15 cents/mi for gas, while running an electric car on wind power costs less than 3 cents/mi. It's like paying 70 cents a gallon at the pump & saving a driver over $1,400/year.
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Over 40,000 wind turbines across the US can now produce enough electricity to power the equivalent of all the homes in MI, OH, IA, CO, and NV combined.
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There are 39 states with utility scale wind farms as of the end of October 2012.
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The U.S. wind energy industry could support 500,000 jobs, according to the Department of Energy's 20 percent Wind Energy by 2030 study
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There are 472 U.S. factories currently online and supplying the wind industry.
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