The need of having alternative energy sources was felt by us decades ago. University of Florida Statue and Shell Energy have jointly conducted research on trees and biomass by planting Energy Crop Plantation which is the largest in the United States. Over 250,000 native Cottonwoods and the non-invasive eucalyptus together with different row crops like soybeans sprawl over 130 acres of the Energy Crop Plantation area. The University undertook research in collaboration with some agencies and some local groups who are striving to develop future alternative energy sources independent of fossil fuels. These include The Common Purpose Institute, Shell, Department of Energy of US and various individual groups. As an outcome of their ceaseless efforts, this group of super trees got created.

These energy crops which are also called closed loop biomass are fast-growing crops and are good biomass energy supply sources. This research based project is committed to growing crops and biomass energy supplies processing from fast-growing energy crops or closed loop biomass. The research is primarily on the planting of energy crops which are fast-growing crops called closed loop biomass and processing of resultant supplies of biomass energy. The project aims at developing power wood-pulp plants which provide wood-fiber; providing clean biogas to the industries; ethanol development from plants such as sugarcane; and biodiesel fuel production from crops like soybeans.

The petroleum over-dependence of our nation for power has given rise to an urgent need for an alternative energy source to be developed. Penn State University has undertaken special research to develop an alternative energy source which is practical and which will not cause an increase in the pollution like petroleum products. Such focused research is taking us to a hydrogen-fueled economy, when the hydrogen power would be a sustainable and clean and endlessly renewable energy resource. This Hydrogen energy can be obtained from crop plants and water and can be continuously renewed. The Penn University seeks to build this sustainable energy resource within the US? own infrastructure. This assumes great importance in a situation where the world?s supply of oil peaks and ultimately begins to decline. Fuel cells powered by Hydrogen need to be developed commercially to be used as substitutes or together with conventional combustion engines for motor vehicles.

President Bush recently envisaged the concentrated research and development of five centers of Sun Grant for this alternative energy initiative. One such center is Oregon State University with government grants of $80 million to be spread over four years span for this special mission. Thus OSU will be the leader in the research for alternate energy sources since it represents Pacific Islands, the US? Pacific Territories, and the nine Western states. Various teams of leading scientists are doing specific research on alternative energy. One of the projects which deserves a mention here is how to convert straw-like products into an efficient and renewable source of biomass fuel and yet another project is conversion of wood fibers into efficient liquid fuel. According to Edward Ray, OSU President, this pioneering work being done by the their Sun Grant Center is the direct answer to the challenge given by President Bush for achieving energy independence.

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The Milford Wind Corridor, a First Wind Milford project, is a 203.5 megawatt wind farm with a total investment of $86 million.  The project paved the way for hundreds of job opportunities as well as energy security to Milford region.  The First Wind farm is built with 97 First Wind turbines, and is primarily in charge of producing electricity for the Southern California Public Power Authority under a 20-year purchasing power agreement.  The Milford wind farm has a capacity to power 45,000 homes annually and was able to generat 250 employment opportunities for residents in the area.

The project is just one among many renewable energy possibilities for Utah.  Aside from the First Wind Milford project, the wind farm in Spanish Fork had jumpstarted the wind energy sector in Utah in 2008. Non-profit organization Utah Clean Energy assessed the effect of lessening energy use by 20 percent and sourcing the 20 percent remaining electricity requirement from renewable energy sources by year 2020. 

According to the group, Utah can get as much as $310 million per year and generate 7,000 green collar jobs if the western state maximizes use of its renewable energy capacity, most especially its wind power.

In their report called Building the Clean Energy Economy, the group stated that Utah’s renewable energy sources included in the 20 percent clean energy scenario represents 475 megawatts for wind energy production.

The same scenario proposed a 241 megawatt resource for geothermal production, 150 megawatts for concentrating solar power with storage, 84 megawatts for residential and commercial solar photovoltaic distributed electricity and 23 megawatts for the biomass sector.

An initial report stated that Utah did not have considerable capacities in terms of solar, wind and biomass energy, and that its renewable energy is based largely on hydropower alone.

Despite this, a study of Utah’s energy landscape shoed that there are 91 wind states in Utah.  The Utah Renewable Energy Zone task force had found 51 wind areas which can potentially generate over 9,145 megawatts. 

The task force said that 12 of the wind sites have a potential installed capacity of 1,830 megawatts.  Wind resource is reported to be the greatest at a region near Milford, in a valley at the east of Beaver County.

The areas which together can generate a combined potential capacity of 2,500 megawatts include Black Mountains, Black Rock, Chipman Peak, Milford North, Milford South, Mineral Mountains, Sevier Desert, and Wah Wah Valley.

Through effective energy efficiency projects and compliant renewable energy policies, Utah can easily lower fuel prices, become energy independent, and become greener all a t the same time.

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Sunshine Chen is a seasoned writer, having travelled around the world, largely putting all her experiences and the sights and sounds she has come across to paper.  She now writes extensively about topics related to green news, mostly on renewable energy, but also on a variety of related topics as well.  When not travelling around the world, she is based in Central Hong Kong, taking in the myriad colours, flavours, and scents of the melting pot that Hong Kong is known for.

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