| Office of the Secretary For Immediate Release: Feb. 20, 2003 |
DOI: John Wright, 202-208-6416 NREL: George Douglas, 303-275-4096 |
WASHINGTON -- Interior's Assistant Secretary for Land and Minerals Management Rebecca Watson, and Department of Energy's Director of the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Richard H. Truly, will hold a media briefing on Friday, Feb. 21, 2003, to discuss the details of a study that identifies and evaluates renewable energy resources on public lands in the West (except Alaska). The briefing will be held at the Department of Energy National Renewable Energy Laboratory, 15013 Denver West Parkway, Golden, Colo., at 10 a.m.
The assessment was undertaken in response to a task developed from the President's National Energy Policy. The Interior Department's Bureau of Land Management and the Energy Department's National Renewable Energy Laboratory formed a partnership in June 2001, to conduct an assessment of renewable energy resources on BLM-managed federal lands in the western United States.
The study focuses on the potential of renewable energy resources on public lands in the western United States. The data for renewable energy resources will be integrated into BLM land use plans.
Who: Rebecca Watson, Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Land and
Minerals Management
Admiral Richard H. Truly, Director of Department of Energy's National
Renewable Energy Laboratory
What: News media briefing to discuss renewable energy potential on public lands
Where: National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Location: NREL Visitors Center, 15013 Denver West Parkway, Golden, Colo.
When: Friday, Feb. 21, 2003, at 10 a.m. (MST)
Note to Editors: The NREL Visitors Center is at 15013 Denver West Parkway.
Take I-70 to Exit 263 (Denver West Blvd.). Turn north toward the Marriott Hotel.
At the stop sign, turn left at Denver West Parkway and continue west to the
NREL entrance gate. The Visitors Center is on the right.