Renewable Energy Lobbyists: Clean Sustainable Green Power & Climate Change Government Incentives

Renewable Energy

The U.S. currently relies heavily on coal, oil and natural gas for its energy, fossil fuels that draw on finite resources that will eventually dwindle and become too expensive or too environmentally damaging to retrieve and use. In contrast, renewable energy resources are constantly replenished, will never run out, and require minimal environmental impact to harness compared to fossil fuels. Renewable energy includes electricity and heat generated from solar, wind, biomass, geothermal and water resources, and hydrogen and biofuels derived from renewable resources.

Government sponsorship has helped generate momentum in the marketplace for renewable energy through a variety of financial incentives. Liebman & Associates (L&A) can help you leverage the investment of the federal government in research, development and deployment (RD&D) of renewable energy technologies through agency grants and national laboratory technical assistance. Federal resources can benefit your organization in developing and executing an energy, environment and sustainability strategy by providing expert and non-biased technology due diligence supported by National Laboratories, financial analysis and project implementation assistance, in addition to funding, subsidies and loans for technology deployment.

Each renewable energy technology has unique characteristics which influence how and where it is used. A goal of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is to make solar power cost-competitive with conventional electricity sources by 2015, through acceleration of photovoltaic (PV) and concentrating solar power (CSP) system technologies. Areas with good wind resources have the potential to supply up to 20% of the electricity consumption of the U.S., through advancement in both low-speed wind turbine and distributed wind turbine technologies. Grassy and woody plants, algae, residues from agriculture and forestry, and the organic component of municipal and industrial wastes can be used as a biomass energy source to produce fuels, power and products that would otherwise be made from fossil fuels. Geothermal technologies use heat from the earth to produce electricity or heating and cooling for homes and buildings. Water power technologies harness hydrokinetic energy resources, including ocean wave and current (ocean and tidal) energy, to produce electricity.

While hydrogen is the most abundant element on earth, it does not occur naturally by itself and therefore cannot be mined or harvested. However, renewable energy sources can be used to make hydrogen that is transported or stored for use where and when needed. Fuel cells that electrochemically combine hydrogen and oxygen to produce electricity and heat offer the promise of making hydrogen an ideal energy carrier for both transportation (vehicles) and stationary applications (backup power). Unlike other renewable energy sources, biomass can be converted directly into liquid fuels (biofuels) as renewable substitutes for gasoline and diesel. Biorefineries convert biomass into a range of valuable fuels, chemicals, materials and products, much like oil refineries and petrochemical plants do.

Ask L&A to show you how renewable energy technologies can be utilized effectively by your business as part of a comprehensive energy, environment and sustainability strategy, and how federal government resources can provide project funding, expert analysis to make informed decisions, access to new solutions, and assistance with project implementation. All of these resources can help reduce project development risk as well as offer opportunities for national recognition, while dramatically impacting project return on investment (ROI), corporate branding and competitiveness.

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