Center for Advanced BioEnergy Research, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Friday, June 3, 2011

Cross-industry Project Management Practices

RenewableEnergyWorld.com
By Kish Khemani, Neal Walters and Patrick Haischer, A.T. Kearney
June 1, 2011

Lessons can be learned from successes in large and complex projects outside the renewable energy industry.

Tulsa, OK, USA -- Growth in power generation from renewable energy sources is being driven by climate change concerns and the resulting public agenda. With the United States importing around 60 percent of the oil it consumes, energy independence is also a potent force driving the need for homegrown sustainable energy. However, with the current uncertainty around future energy policy-including the failure of the Copenhagen Climate Summit at the end of 2009 and slim chances of a major Obama Energy Bill passing through Congress-the rapid growth of and positive sentiment for renewable energy has suffered some setbacks. Some industry observers have even started to talk about a "green energy bubble."

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