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Monday, October 19th, 2009
Will Cap and Trade legislation, often called 'The Climate Bill', effectively enable new renewable energy power plants like wind and solar? Or, will a complex system of pollution permits and permit-trading actually favor upgrades to existing fossil fuel technologies?
Last Friday, GWF Energy LLC, an independent power producer, announced a ten-year ...
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Friday, August 28th, 2009
At Buildings & Energy LLC, most of our work centers on commercial sites. But recently, we've been deluged with offers for "kits", videos, and books on how to build solar panels in your garage and save on your energy bill.
At the very least, it sounds like a fun project - ...
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Tuesday, August 18th, 2009
On August 13 of this year, Renewable Ventures (formerly MMA Renewable Ventures) announced a long-term power purchase agreement (PPA) with NV Energy, Inc. Renewable Ventures will fund, own, and operate a 26-megawatt solar power plant northeast of Las Vegas. The Apex, NV plant is expected to provide 200 new jobs ...
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Monday, June 8th, 2009
The Waxman-Markey 2009 Clean Energy & Security Act misses the mark. Why should we expect carbon pollution penalties to succeed when there is no corresponding incentive to convert carbon based energy production to renewable (and storable) technologies?
And why give generous pollution allowances to the polluters? Wouldn't we get more clean ...
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