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Article: Renewable energy issues focus of WIREC 2008.(Bioenergy)
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- Rural Cooperatives
- Article date:
- January 1, 2008
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The Washington International Renewable Energy Conference (WIREC 2008) will bring together government, civil society and private business leaders to address the opportunities and challenges of a major and rapid scale-up in the global deployment of renewable energy technology. The conference will be held March 4-6 at the Washington, D.C., Convention Center.
"Renewable energy can quite literally change the centers of power from urban cities to rural communities," Thomas C. Dorr, USDA Under Secretary for Rural Development, recently said. "It is not often that you have the chance to get in on the ground floor of this kind of development, but that is the opportunity we ...