Alabama
Reports Relevant to Alabama
NEW Southeast Energy Opportunities: Local Clean Power, WRI Issue Brief, April 2009, with Southface and the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy.
Southeast states seeking solutions to current and future energy challenges have a major opportunity to use existing technology to harness local renewable energy resources. Our regional assessment, drawing on recent government and regional studies, suggests sufficient renewable energy resources to meet as
much as 30 percent of the Southeast’s electric power needs within the next 15 years.
Some facts on renewable energy in Alabama from the Alliance for Climate Protection, and an opportunity to get involved.
The Southeastern US Can Benefit from a National RES
A report planning the way in which the Southeastern US could be positively effected by a national RES and the ways that the Southeast could build a strong renewable industry.
Alabama's Road to Energy Independence
A report from the Blue Green Alliance highlighting the job growth in Alabama that would result from renewable energy manufacturing.
Report Highlights Renewable Energy Potential in the Southeast
A report from the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy arguing that the South has plenty of renewable resources to comply with a national RES.
Alabama Global Warming Fact Sheet
A report on the effect of global warming on Alabama, and the ways in which Alabama can start using more renewable energy.
Alabama Biomass & Bioenergy Overview
A brief report from the SunGrant Initiative on bioenergy in Alabama.
Wood to Energy: Community Economic Profile
A report on the biomass potential in several counties in Alabama, taking into account wood supplies, traveling time to the center of the county, and economic impacts.
Renewable Energy in Your State
State Policies for Renewable Energy
A database of incentives and policies for renewable energy in Alabama.
State Activities & Partnerships
DOE's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, state activities and partnerships page.
A summary of the renewable energy potential in Alabama, going especially into solar potential.
A summary of the wind power capacity in Alabama and a listing of the current wind projects.
A DOE summary of biomass resources in Alabama (select your state).
Hydropower projects and potential in Alabama, from the Idaho National Lab.
Facts and figures from DOE
Alabama Renewable Electricity Profile
Electric Power and Renewable Energy in Alabama
Advocates in Your State
A national coalition of farm and forestry leaders, joined by business, labor, conservation, and religious groups.
