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Article: A changed climate; Investors eye renewable energy.(LOCAL NEWS)
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- Telegram & Gazette (Worcester, MA)
- Article date:
- March 4, 2007
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Byline: Kevin Keenan
WESTBORO - Despite government mandates and improved technology, renewable energy provides roughly the same percentage of electrons to the nation's electric grids today as it did in 1978 - though global warming fears, energy security and the shrinking costs of producing "green power" could soon change all that.
Renewable energy - produced by wind, solar and biomass, among other sources - has investors and politicians buzzing. Venture capital is pouring into research and technology, and Congress is considering legislation to create a national renewable energy standard, which could require power companies to supply the nation's power ...