Lawmakers visit NREL for clean energy solutions

Environmental-Expert.com
Source: National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)
Jun. 29, 2009

More than half of the states in the U.S. have embraced renewable energy portfolio standards (RPS). Now comes the hard part — complying with those aggressive mandates and building clean energy economies during the deepest national recession in 70 years.

Two dozen lawmakers and legislative staffers from Maryland to Washington state visited NREL for three days to learn about clean energy technologies and market incentives. They are members of a special non-partisan Advisory Council on Energy for the National Conference of State Legislators.

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