Groups announce formation of Renewable Energy Alliance

By Tim Mitchell
Friday, August 22, 2008 11:12 AM CDT

URBANA – A group of more than 120 organizations, schools, local governments and businesses are banding together to increase public and private use of renewable energy sources in Illinois.
Leaders of the movement announced the formation of the 25x'25 Illinois Renewable Energy Alliance on Thursday during the University of Illinois Agronomy Day at the South Farms.

Alliance Director Blake Roderick, who also is executive director of the Farm Bureaus in Pike and Scott counties, said the coalition was organized to promote the goal of producing 25 percent of all energy used in Illinois by the year 2025.

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