Three members of AETF INC. have returned from the West Coast Chapter of the National Algae Association’s (www.nationalalgaeassociation.com) annual meeting. The 2-day conference included presentations from innovators in the field of algae oil production as well as industry leaders.
Jim Lane , publisher of Biofuels Digest (www.biofuelsdigest.com) stated “Algae fuels are the most vibrant field of Biofuels today.”

Article found in the January 2010 issue of Kansas Country Living.  
    The Board of Trustees considered the adoption of a service rider for the cooperative to implement "net Metering" on December 21, 2009.
  The net metering rider will be available to members operating their own renewable generation resource, such as a small wind turbine.  Members must enter into an interconnection agreement with the cooperative to qualify for the rider. 

Kansas Housing Resources Corporation (KHRC) has launched a new appliance rebate program that rewards low-income households for replacing old, electricity-guzzling household appliances with new energy efficient models.

As a result of filing for 501c3, the AETF has now achieved non-profit status .  This is great news for us.  This will allow the group to apply for more funding for renewable and energy efficient projects.

The 2009 Kansas Wind and Renewable Energy Conference was held October 6-7 in Topeka.  Keala Timko and Amy Shoffner attended this conference representing AETF.  The days were full of speakers and breakout sessions of many topics. Governor Parkinson was the opening speaker for both mornings.  Wednesday morning he spoke on "The Future of Renewable Energy in Kansas".  Ten years ago less than 1% of energy was produced by wind and in 2009, there are one thousand megawatts of wind being produced in Kansas.  There are seven new WindFarms in 200

Over 40 people from industry, manufacturing, non-profit advocates, landowner coalitions, universities, chambers of commerce, citizens and the Department of Commerce came together to learn more about transmission, manufacturing, wind project development in Kansas, the federal RES and ACES.
During small group discussions were generated for both challenges and opportunities for Kansas wind advocates.
Challenges: