Pennsylvania Governor Rendell Announces $6.4 Million for Clean Energy

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Pennsylvania Governor Rendell Announces $6.4 Million for Clean Energy Projects

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HARRISBURG, Pa., Oct. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- Governor Edward G. Rendell
today announced Pennsylvania is investing $6.4 million in 16 clean energy
projects that will create 316 permanent and up to 280 construction jobs in
the commonwealth, as well as to leverage more than $38 million in private
funds.

"Pennsylvania is making strategic investments to stimulate the growth
of clean energy technologies that can power our future without leaving us
in the grip of foreign governments or choking on harmful emissions,"
Governor Rendell said. "By partnering with Pennsylvania companies that are
advancing solar power, biofuels and other forms of renewable energy, as
well as building clean fossil technologies, we are creating opportunities
to put Pennsylvanians to work now and for years to come."

Energy output from the projects, which were approved by the
Pennsylvania Energy Development Authority, will generate an estimated
15,710-megawatt hours of electricity, enough to power about 1,600
Pennsylvania homes, and produce the equivalent of enough natural gas to
supply almost 2,500 homes for a year. Another 208,000 million British
thermal units (Btu) will be conserved. The projects also have the potential
to produce 115-million gallons of biofuel.

The 16 projects will receive grants for a variety of clean fuels and
green power projects using sources such as solar, fuel cells, biofuels,
landfill gas, wind and biomass. The funding also will boost Pennsylvania
businesses by putting alternative energy technologies to work for them,
bolster public infrastructure and support additional income streams for
Pennsylvania farmers.

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