Archive for the ‘Energy Policy’ Category
Friday, October 30th, 2009
An important and troubling issue from one of the closing sessions at this week's Solar Power International conference reveals that industry leaders are divided on the political feasibility and efficacy of Feed-in Tariffs..
Industry leaders discussed the issues and probability of Solar Feed-in Tariffs at state and national levels. Stephen ...
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Tuesday, October 27th, 2009
As Congress begins debate on the Climate Bill, those attending Solar Power International 2009 got an update on solar progress in Washington. The 11:00 am session on issues that affect everyone in the industry was surprisingly under-attended. Perhaps that reflects a dazzling exhibition hall and our perennial frustration with Congress.
John ...
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Monday, October 26th, 2009
Co-authored by David M Adams of Buildings and Energy and Norman Brand, Ph.D., J.D, with support from Marsha Shenk, a pioneer of Business Anthropology
As tens of thousands arrive in Anaheim, California for the Solar International Convention there is lots to talk about: Renewable Portfolio Standards, Feed-in Tariffs, the Stimulus Package, ...
Posted in Cap and Trade, Commercial Solar, Commercial Solar Finance, Commercial Solar Ventures, Department of Energy, Energy Policy, Feed-in Tariffs, Renewable Energy, Solar Cash Grants, Utility-scale Solar Power | 1 Comment »
Thursday, October 22nd, 2009
On Sunday, October 11th, California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger signed new legislation that creates a solar Feed-in Tariff paralleling solar policy in the EU. A Feed-in Tariff (FiT) is a premium price paid for renewable energy, in this case solar power. Under the new law, if you build a solar facility ...
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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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Monday, September 21st, 2009
On Thursday, September 17, BrightSource formally announced that they are abandoning efforts to build a solar farm on 5,000 acres of public land in the Mohave desert near Ludlow, California. Though the announcement ended months of contentious - and at times, bitter - conflict between a well funded and well ...
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Friday, September 18th, 2009
In a September 15th NY Time op-ed piece, Thomas Friedman makes that case that innovative solar technology is invented in the US, but only finds manufacturing customers overseas, primarily in China and Germany.
Applied Materials, he writes, is a US company that makes the machinery that produces microchips and another silicon ...
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Tuesday, September 15th, 2009
Oregon, ranked 27th by population, is ranked 9th in US solar energy according to the Solar Energy Industry Association. At the close of 2008, Oregonians had installed 4.8 MW, a 330% increase over 1.1 MW in 2007. Oregon is 7th overall in cumulative US installations with 7.5 megawatts.
This is due ...
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Thursday, September 3rd, 2009
All across the West, firefighters are forging through a long hot summer of wildfires. Along with their boots, helmet, Nomex clothing, fire shelter, and canteen they carry a pocket-sized reference of "Ten Standing Orders" and "Ten Situations that Shout Danger."
A red skull and crossed bones smiles at them from ...
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Monday, August 17th, 2009
When the shouting stops and Congress passes some form of Health Insurance Reform, the nation will not rest. Environmental concerns loom: Carbon Emissions and Energy Policy are next on the President's ambitious agenda.
The fossil fuel industry, from extraction to energy production, have marshaled their forces and sent several thousand lobbyists ...
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