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$13.8 million amount of funding the Department of Energy announced it was providing for 28 new wind energy projects. These projects will help address market and deployment challenges including wind turbine research and testing and transmission analysis, planning, assessments.** 1.9 percent of the nation’s electricity consumption would, in an average year, be able to be supplied by the cumulative wind capacity installed in the U.S. at the end of 2008.** 4 straight year the US has led the world in wind capacity additions, capturing roughly 30% of the worldwide market. ** 20 percent of global mitigation that Carbon Capture and Storage can account for by 2050, according to estimates by the International Energy Agency.**100 percent of greenhouse gas emissions can be lowered by using straight vegetable oil for fuel. *** $85 million in funding under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act will be awarded in early 2010 to support…Log In to Read Full ArticleRelated articles
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