Energizing Appalachia: Global Challenges and the Prospect of a Renewable Future

This report investigates the status and behavior of the wind, solar and biomass industries in order to better understand how domestically based manufacturers might best engage this sector.

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Access to Capital and Credit for Small Businesses in Appalachia

This April 2007 report provides an assessment of the access to capital and credit for small business in the Appalachian Region.

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Sources of Regional Growth in Non-Metro Appalachia

The Sources of Growth project is part of a series of research efforts funded by the Appalachian Regional Commission to improve understanding of factors affecting economic growth in rural and distressed areas.

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Non-Renewable Energy Innovation: Research to Support the Appalachian Energy Initiative

This report analyzes non-renewable energy opportunities in Appalachia, including clean-coal generation and coal conversion to liquids, gases, and chemicals.

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Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy in Appalachia: Policy and Potential

This report analyzes the distribution of renewable energy resources across the Region, and the variety of programs and policies in each state and how these policies might maximize the use of the most abundant resources.

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Summary of National and State Energy Policy Trends

This report details how national and state level energy policies have focused on ensuring energy reliability and affordability, and advancing energy independence by reducing dependence on foreign energy sources.

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Summary of the ARC-ORCAS Energy Workshops on Creating an Energy Blueprint for Appalachia

This report summarizes overall findings from three ARC energy workshops, provides recommendations for the Energy Blueprint’s development and implementation by the ARC.

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Economic Development Potential of Conventional and Potential Alternative Energy Sources in Appalachian Counties

This report examines the economic development potential of energy resources in Appalachia.

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Displacement in Appalachia and the Non-Appalachian United States, 1993-2003: Findings Based on Five Displaced Worker Surveys

This report looks at worker displacement in the Appalachian Region during the past decade.

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Drinking Water and Wastewater Infrastructure: An Analysis of Capital Funding and Funding Gaps

This report analyzes the conditions of water and wastewater services in the Appalachian Region and attempts to assess the financial requirements and strategies available to improve the quality of drinking water and wastewater services in the region.

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Assessing the Impact of Trade Liberalization on Import-Competing Industries in the Appalachian Region

This report details the significant pressure Appalachian manufacturing will face from import competition over the near and medium term and the relatively larger industrial and community adjustments that the Region faces compared to the rest of the US.

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Defining Subregions in Appalachia: Are There Better Alternatives?

This report addresses the question of whether the current configuration of the Appalachian subregions still provide an accurate reflection of areas that are relatively homogenous in their economic status and development.

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Trends in National and Regional Economic Distress: 1960-2000

This report analyzes recent demographic data to examine the factors explaining the graduation of distressed counties and the persistence of distress in Appalachia and other regions of the U.S.

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Creating Regional Advantage in Appalachia: Towards a Strategic Response to Global Economic Restructuring

This report documents the findings of field research in seven Appalachian states on responses to worker displacement and economic restructuring. The seven states are New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, West Virginia, Kentucky, North Carolina, and Georgia.

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Changing Patterns of Poverty and Spatial Inequality in Appalachia

This report addresses the extent of socioeconomic inequality and poverty in Appalachia during the economic boom period of the 1990s.

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