Alternative Energy News - November 29, 2006

• Members of Congress, corporate CEOs, government agency officials and representatives from prominent industry associations are converging on Capitol Hill today to discuss the next step in policy implementation and forecast how much renewable energy will contribute to U.S. energy supplies -- by 2010, 2020, 2030, 2040 and 2050.


• Portland, ME-based Oakhurst Dairy switches fleet to B20 biodiesel, now has largest private biodiesel fleet in New England.


• Home builders thinking green.


• The Rincon Community Hospital at Civano will be the first “green” health-care facility in the state of Arizona, with the UA’s architecture school teaming with Tucson Medical Center to create an energy-efficient, sustainable building.