Alternative+Energy

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LEGISLATIVE BRANCH
[|Proposed Maine Law on Tidal Energy]

[|Federal legislation on wind energy] Helpful and extensive information on the [|Cape Wind energy project]

INTEREST GROUPS/WIND
[|Natural Resources Council of Maine] [|Citizens' Task Force on Wind Power] and [|link 2] [|Maine Renewable Energy Association] [|Alliance to Protect Nantucket Sound] [|Cape Wind] The **CATO Institute** is a conservative/libertarian group that opposes government investment in alternative energies. Here are 2 links to articles on their site that discuss why we don't need to focus on alternative energies so much and some negatives associated with wind energy: [|link 1] and [|link 2] Here is some general information about [|CATO]

To help with alternative viewpoints: [|ProCon.org]

HELPFUL RESOURCES
• [|Chart] of installed wind energy projects and [|animated map]of wind energy projects from 1999-2009. [|Wind atlas maps]. • [|Wind and Hydropower Energy Technologies Program] • Harvard University's Belfer Center - //Tackling U.S. Energy Challenges and Opportunities: Preliminary Policy Recommendations for Enhancing Energy Innovation in The United States// - please see chart on p. 3 of the report. RD & D stands for Research, Development, and Demonstration (exposition or example project). • [|Sierra Club's Wind Siting Advisory policies] - see especially 3, 4, 5
 * National **


 * National and Maine (must read) ** [|Maine receives federal research funding] for off-shore wind development (October 2009) + [|another article - Maine Public Broadcasting]

• (HELPFUL RESOURCE ALERT!) US Department of Energy, [|overview of wind policies in Maine]. • [|Governor's Task Force on Wind Power] includes information about Governor Baldacci's initiatives to promote wind power in Maine and a recent law passed to implement recommended policy. See also links at left of web page. • Maine's Comprehensive Energy Plan - see pg. 31-32 about wind power
 * Maine **

JUDICIAL BRANCH
Here is a link to a news article about a wind energy case from the [|Kansas Supreme Court]. The article does a good job explaining what rulings like this could mean for the future of the wind energy movement.

TIDAL: Here is a [|link] about a major tidal (hydrokinetic) project in Makah Bay (off Washington State) that was challenged by the state of Washington in a federal appeals court

EXECUTIVE BRANCH
Minerals Management Service -[|Link 1] - [|Link 2]- issues leases for renewable energy projects.

INTEREST GROUPS
[|American Wind Energy Association]