Outlook on Renewable Energy in America

[2] Volume One of the report presents background information on government research conducted by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Energy Information Administration, Electric Power Research Institute and other institutions.

Each sector forecast is accompanied by a list of the trade association's specific policy recommendations that they believe might encourage continued industry growth.

We must continue changing the way America generates electric power, by even greater use of … solar and wind energy.

We must continue investing in new methods of producing ethanol, using everything from wood chips to grasses, to agricultural wastes.ACORE suggests that these reports dispel the commonly held notion that renewable energy cannot supply the energy needs of a growing American economy.

But for this to happen, the government would have to commit to long term policies that promote renewable energy.