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City gets Solar Grant

Might we suggest a solar farm...
NEW ORLEANS, LA (June 26, 2007) – The City of New Orleans will receive a two-year grant of $200,000 plus valuable technical assistance as the result of being named a 2007 Solar America City by the U.S. Dept of Energy.

The grant will support the Office of Recovery Management Solar Project, which will work to accelerate the adoption of solar technology in New Orleans.

"This award further demonstrates our commitment to rebuilding a New Orleans that is stronger and smarter than in the past," said Mayor C. Ray Nagin. "Solar energy is sustainable and helps us to reduce pollution. We appreciate the investment that the Department of Energy is making in our community."

New Orleans named Clean City

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In March 2008, New Orleans was officially designated as the 86th city in the Department of Energy's Clean Cities program. The Clean Cities program is a government-industry partnership sponsored by the DOE’s Vehicle Technologies Program which is designed to reduce petroleum consumption in the transportation sector by advancing the use of alternative fuel vehicles, idle reduction technologies, hybrid electric vehicles, fuel blends, and fuel economy.

More Info:
Southeast Louisiana Clean Fuel Partnership Website

DOE's Clean Cities Website

Principle 19: Clean and Renewable Energy

by Alex Steffen, www.worldchanging.com

We like what Alex Steffen has to say about finding new energy sources, so we've reprinted it below:

We need new sources of energy for a whole variety of reasons, especially the fact that we're changing the climate (perhaps even driving it towards tipping points like permafrost melt and ocean acidification much more quickly than we thought -- indeed, NASA scientists say we now have less than ten years to act).

There is no simple answer to the question "How do we fuel our society sustainably?" Indeed, there probably isn't even an answer. Instead, we've got to be willing to explore a whole variety of technologies, approaches and business models, and to acknowledge that the answers change with the context. Wind turbines, for instance, make a lot of sense in California, with its well-established grid and coast-to-mountain winds, while distributed independent solar photovoltaics may make a lot more sense in the rural developing world. The best approach will be one which emphasizes diversity.

What's called for is lots of research, open debate and investment. We need a decade or two of furious exploration, collaboration and competition.

More Info:
Alex Steffen and www.worldchanging.com have written a lot about the energy issue, They've listed some pieces they hope you'll find informative and thought-provoking on this page:

Links to worldchanging.com's energy articles.
 
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