Progress report from 25x’25 alliance released

Ethanol Producer Magazine
July 2010
By Luke Geiver
Posted June 30, 2010

The bold vision created by a renewable energy advocacy coalition calling for 25x’25 is becoming a reality. Formed in 2004, the alliance initially aimed at meeting 25 percent of the nation’s energy needs with renewable energy by 2025. A new report titled, “Meeting the 25x’25 Goal: A Progress Report,” shows that between 2004 and 2009, renewable energy produced in the U.S. increased by 23 percent. In May of 2009, 11.5 of all energy produced in the U.S. came from renewable sources, a record for the clean energy sector. Those numbers and the influence of the vision don’t appear to be shrinking. “Our vision was written into the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 by the 109th Congress,” the report stated. “Since then, our coalition has grown to include more than 900 organizations and dozens of governors.”

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