Renewable Energy: A Viable Choice. From: Environment | Date: December 1, 2001| Author: Herzog, Antonia V.; Lipman, Timothy E.; Edwards, Jennifer L.; Kammen, Daniel M. | COPYRIGHT 2001 Heldref Publications. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

RENEWABLE energy systems--notably solar, wind, and biomass--are poised to play a major role in the energy economy and in improving the environmental quality of the United States. California's energy crisis focused attention on and raised fundamental questions about regional and national energy strategies. Prior to the crisis in California, there had been too little attention given to appropriate power plant siting issues and to bottlenecks in transmission and distribution. A strong...

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