Solar Valley Coalition
Renewable Energies
Energizing Rural America: How Renewable Electricity Standards Generate Rural Economic Prosperity By
Patrick Mazza, Research Director, Climate Solutions and Harvesting Clean Energy Network (Farmers Union)
Scenarios for a Clean Energy Future Prepared by the Interlaboratory Working Group on Energy-Efficient and
Clean-Energy Technologies (2000) Prepared for Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (U. S. Department of
Energy)
ARC'S ENERGY GOALS: Develop the Appalachian Region's energy potential to increase the supply of locally produced, clean,
affordable energy, and to create and retain jobs.
- Strategic Objective 1: Promote energy efficiency in Appalachia to enhance the Region’s economic competitiveness.
- Strategic Objective 2: Increase the use of renewable energy resources, especially biomass, in Appalachia to produce
alternative transportation fuels, electricity, and heat.
- Strategic Objective 3: Support the development of conventional energy resources, especially advanced clean coal, in
Appalachia to produce alternative transportation fuels, electricity, and heat.
Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency:Economic Drivers for the 21st Century
Roger Bezdek, Principal Investigator, Management Information Services, Inc.
for the American Solar Energy Society. 2007