Blog post #3

For our P3 assignment I have chosen to research a topic that is growing and has been around for quite some time. For this I, have chosen to the implementation of renewable energy in the United States. I have decided to go out of the topics in Ethnics in Higher Education due to the fact we have been spending a lot of time on them and wanted to try something new. Renewable energy is being more and more an important aspect of new technology and is growing every day to find new renewable sources to power cities and run cars. Furthermore, I came to choose this topic because I wanted something that is very prevalent today, and has been in effect before the present day. Also, to narrow my sources down a bit more I have decided to research the implementation of renewable resources rather than the overall study of renewable resources. What I plan to research is how the US is planning the implementation of renewable resources such as, wind turbines, hydro plants and solar panels across the country. I will also be comparing this to previous years to see how far the US has come and see if the US is speeding up and/or improving the race to full renewable energy. Some potential stakeholders that come into mind for this topic include. One, the US government, due to them being mostly responsible for the funding of major partners that have been producing renewable energy resources and machinery. Another stakeholder that comes to mind are companies like Americas Wind Energy Corporation who are based out of New York and are heavy producers of wind turbines in the US. Out of these two the one I would rather like to convince is the US government, it’s a big task, but they are the sole reason for providing funding and the resources to implement more renewable energy. While yes the renewable companies are direct sources to the implementation of new renewable resources without the proper funding they cannot create, the machinery required to run the incredible technology. The only things that concern me as I’m researching this topic is not finding enough research material to make this project. This is a very big topic of today, but the US might not be planning as much for the future as we think. If this is the case I plan to move past this by focusing of the implementation of renewable energy at CSU. This I know is a fact because I have talked to students trying to improve renewable energy, and making the push for having CSU being run on all renewable energy sooner. Something that I think would help me and maybe other students in this project could be a day of research in the library with the tools we have learned, so we can ask you questions and get feedback from you if the source applies to our topic enough. In all, I am very excited to research my topic and learn a bunch about renewable energy in the US.