The Investigative Reporting Workshop at American University broke a large story on renewable energy in association with ABC's World News Tonight.

美利坚大学的调查报告工作室与ABC(美国广播公司)的《今晚世界新闻》合作揭露了再生能源领域的一大秘辛。

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Of course at the same time there are a bunch of other utilities, like AEP, along with independent power producers like NRG Energy and renewable advocates like the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA), who want badly to get the grid up and running.

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The great river of wind that flows from Texas to the Canadian border is one of the finest renewable energy reserves in the world and the American Wind Energy Association estimates that it could power America twice over.

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Greg Wetstone, a lobbyist for the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA), is optimistic that the renewable standard will pass, but he acknowledges it won't be easy.

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