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Study: Clean power is feasible
Monday, September 08, 2008
Wind, sun, water, biological waste - Massachusetts has the potential to turn them into a combined 10 million megawatt hours of power annually by 2020, according to a study to be released today.

The state's top energy official said the findings dispel any notion that Massachusetts would have to import much of the renewable power it will be required to use under recent legislation aimed at reducing dependence on fossil fuels while encouraging clean technologies that don't add to global warming. Those requirements, part of a larger "green" effort led by Governor Deval Patrick, dictate that by 2020, 15 percent of the power purchased by utilities must come from renewable energy sources built in the last decade.

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