Weekly Clean Energy Roundup:September 21, 2005
News and Events USDA Awards $21 Million for Efficiency and Renewable Energy FPL Energy and PPM Energy Buy 900 Megawatts of Wind Turbines Pennsylvania Utility to Fund Efficiency, Renewable Energy California Approves Greenhouse Gas Regulations for Vehicles U.S. and Canada Work Together to Save Fuel for Freight Industry European Automakers Pursue Hybrid Vehicles Site NewsSolarPACES Energy ConnectionsHydropower Downturn Masks Renewable Energy Growth in 2004 News and EventsUSDA Awards $21 Million for Efficiency and Renewable EnergyThe U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) awarded $21 million in grants last week to 150 energy efficiency and renewable energy projects. The projects, located in 32 states, include a large number of wind energy projects, as well as projects relating to energy efficiency and solar, biomass, and geothermal energy.For example, Wasatch Wind, LLC will receive $500,000 to build a 1.5-megawatt wind turbine in Spanish Fork Canyon, Utah, the first of 10 towers planned for the site. Synthetic Energy, Inc., of Ketchum, Idaho, will use its grant of $199,863 to purchase wind turbines to power a commercial hydrogen generator. See the USDA press release and the full list of recipients (PDF 22 KB). FPL Energy and PPM Energy Buy 900 Megawatts of Wind TurbinesTwo of the largest […]