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(The Woodlands, TX - January 20, 2005) Karl R. Rábago, director of the Clean Energy Group at the Houston Advanced Research Center (HARC), has been elected President of the Texas Renewable Energy Industries Association (TREIA) for 2005. TREIA is a not-for-profit trade association that has advanced renewable energy in Texas for the past 20 years.
"TREIA is leading the adoption of clean energy in this state," Rábago said. "There are strong signs that Texas' already considerable commitment to renewable energy development could be significantly expanded through legislation in Austin this session."
TREIA Executive Director Russel Smith said he looks forward to working with Rábago in the upcoming legislative session. "Karl brings great experience to the position of president and he will be invaluable as we meet the opportunities ahead," Smith said. "As an organization, TREIA will work toward an ambitious goal - attaining 10,000 megawatts of new renewable electric capacity in Texas by 2015."
Meeting that goal would boost the share of renewables in Texas to about 10 percent of total electric consumption from the current level of about 2 percent.
Rábago has broad experience in advancing renewable energy in business, government and non-governmental environmental organizations. Since 2003, he has served as director of the clean and renewable energy group at HARC, a nonprofit organization based in The Woodlands, Texas, dedicated to improving human and ecosystem well-being through sustainability science. As director, Rábago is responsible for maintaining and enhancing HARC's energy programs, including the Center for Fuel Center Research and Applications, and the new Gulf Coast Combined Heat and Power Regional Application Center, a project funded by the U.S. Department of Energy.
To learn about the sustainable development programs at HARC, visit www.harc.edu.
To learn more about renewables in Texas, visit TREIA's website at www.treia.org.
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