HIGHLIGHTS:
Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Grants Competition, 2008
ARC announces the second round of a grants competition to assist Appalachian communities in leveraging renewable-energy and energy-efficiency resources to revitalize their economies. ARC expects to provide eight to ten awards of up to $75,000 each, for a total of $500,000 in awards, to help communities implement these strategies.
Click here for more information, or to download the RFP.
Click here for a list of funded projects from the 2007 energy grants competition.
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Energizing Appalachia: A Regional Blueprint for Economic and Energy Development
ARC's Blueprint provides a strategic framework for the creation of energy-related job opportunities through the stimulation of sustainable energy production, efficiency, and innovation efforts in the Appalachian Region. Click below to view or download the Blueprint.
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ARC'S ENERGY GOALS:
Develop the Appalachian Region's energy potential to increase the supply of locally produced, clean, affordable energy, and to create and retain jobs.
Strategic Objectives for Economic and Energy Development
Strategic Objective 1: Promote energy efficiency in Appalachia to enhance the Region’s economic competitiveness.
Strategic Objective 2: Increase the use of renewable energy resources, especially biomass, in Appalachia to produce alternative transportation fuels, electricity, and heat.
Strategic Objective 3: Support the development of conventional energy resources, especially advanced clean coal, in Appalachia to produce alternative transportation fuels, electricity, and heat. |
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Appalachia and energy have been closely linked throughout the history of the nation. The Region is rich in energy resources -- conventional fossil fuels, as well as renewable and alternative energy fuels. The Region's mines currently produce more than a third of the nation's coal, and its electrical utilities provide 15 percent of the nation's electrical output. The development of alternative and renewable energy in the Region is growing rapidly. Almost 150,000 jobs are generated by the Appalachian energy industry, with hundreds of thousands more producing and distributing products and services.
By using its full range of energy resources and staying at the forefront of emerging energy technologies and practices, the Region has the potential to increase the supply of locally produced, clean, affordable energy, create and retain jobs, help companies stay competitive, and keep the Region economically strong and moving toward energy independence.
Use the links below to find information and resources to help
you and your community learn more about ARC's
energy programs.
RESEARCH:
Economic Development Potential of Conventional and Potential Alternative Energy Sources in Appalachian Counties
Amy Glasmeier, Penn State University and Tom Bell, Consulting Geologist, June 2006
Abstract | Summary | Full Report in PDF (4.7 MB) | Table of Contents
Non-Renewable Energy Innovation:
Research to Support the Appalachian Energy Initiative
Global Insight, Inc., September 2006
Abstract | Summary | Full Report in PDF (748 KB) | Table of Contents
Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy in Appalachia: Policy and Potential
The Center for Business and Economic Research, Marshall University, Huntington, WV, August 2006
Abstract | Summary | Full Report in PDF (3.4 MB) | Table of Contents
Summary of National and State Energy Policy Trends
Keystone Center,Washington, DC, August 2006
Abstract | Summary | Full Report in PDF (4.7 MB) | Table of Contents
Summary of the ARC-ORCAS Energy Workshops on Creating an Energy Blueprint for Appalachia
Oak Ridge Center for Advanced Studies, August 2006
Abstract | Summary | Full Report in PDF (767 KB) | Table of Contents
A Study on the Current Economic Impacts of the Appalachian Coal Industry and its Future in the Region
Mark Berger and Eric Thompson, March 2001
Abstract | Executive Summary | Report in PDF | Report in HTML
Comparing Electricity Deregulation in California and Pennsylvania: Implications for the Appalachian Region
Tim Considine and Andy Kleit, Pennsylvania State University, January 2002
Abstract | Executive Summary | Report in PDF (800 KB) | Report in HTML
RESOURCES:
Renewables:
Energy Efficiency:
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