Unquixotic Pursuit

October 27, 2005

USU researchers received a $500,000 grant in July from the U.S. Department of Energy to conduct research on barriers facing commercial wind development in Utah. Other western states are aggressively developing wind power, yet Utah currently produces 94 percent of its power from coal-fired plants.

For more information, contact professors Edwin Stafford or Cathy Hartman, Business Administration Department, Renewable Energy for Rural Economic Development, College of Business, Utah State University, 435-797-3890 or 435-797-4062.

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