It should come as no surprise that President Barack Obama wants the nation to do more to exploit the benefits of green power. The federal stimulus program, the administration's strategy for helping the nation claw its way out of recession, has relied heavily on incentives to spark investment and growth in renewable energy. In his annual State of the Union speech in January, the president embraced that theme and issued a challenge. Specifically, he asked Congress to join him "in setting a new goal: by 2035,80 percent of America's electricity will come from clean-energy sources."
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