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Utah will spend stimulus cash on clean-energy push – Solar, wind, geothermal and biomass top the development list

Interior boss Ken Salazar issued his first secretarial order Wednesday, a "moonshot for energy independence" that propels solar, wind, geothermal and biomass projects ahead of oil and gas development.

"For the last administration, renewable energy just was not a priority," Salazar said during a telephone news conference.

Not so for the Obama administration. With Salazar’s declaration, the production, development and delivery of large-scale alternative-energy projects vault to the top of Interior’s to-do list.

By Patty Henetz

The Salt Lake Tribune

Full Story: http://www.sltrib.com/ci_11891417

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