Since passing the American Recovery & Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA), the federal government has been eager to stimulate the renewable energy industry with tax credits and cash grants. So far, the government has awarded $4.6 billion of the $8.5 billion allotted. Cannon Power Group, a San Diego-based renewable energy company, recently secured its second…
EPA says some contaminated sites good for wind farms
It’s not often two government agencies get together to do something that is almost inspired. However, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) have done that by joining forces in their evaluation of sites that could be used for renewable-energy production. These can be Superfund and brown…