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HUD Announces Pilot Program To Help Homeowners Pay Pay for Energy Improvements to Their Homes
New FHA PowerSaver Program to offer low-cost financing to credit-worthy borrowers (from the HUD.gov website, 11/09/2010) WASHINGTON – Vice President Joe Biden and U.S. Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Shaun Donovan today announced a new pilot program that will offer credit-worthy borrowers low-cost loans to make energy-saving improvements to their homes. Backed by the [...]
A Textbook Example: Why American Schools Must Go Green
Schools across the country – including many in California and Colorado – are utilizing their rooftops and PPAs to go green in an affordable and socially responsible way. by Michael Laine, MP2 Capital and Clint Montgomery, Superintendent, Northwestern Regional School District No. 7 Published: September 8, 2010 (This article was originally published by RenewableEnergyWorld.com and [...]
Do States Have the Will to Adopt Renewable Energy?
After spending three long years in the renewable energy market and space, I have noticed some very peculiar facts. Nearly everyone says they want renewable energy, but they know very little about it, and are waiting for someone else to make it happen for them (such as their legislators). State legislators are quick to put [...]
Do Americans Have the Will to Carry Out Renewable Energy?
I remember being told once that in the American Revolution (the original one that is), that only 12 – 15% of the citizenry actually partook in the effort, actually raised a finger to help, actually participated in overcoming British rule. I can now see there are traits and characteristics of our society that have maintained [...]
When Can We Consider Legislation to Be a Dud?
In the state I live in, the legislative session is on the wind-down. Bills are receiving yeas or nays, and life moves on. In this session, we have had somewhat of a competitive scramble for which renewable energy bills will get any attention, and eventually make it to a vote on the floor of the [...]
Much Training, … “Where’s the Jobs?”
This has been a question I have had for over two years. In that time, the world economies have gone into the tank, and taken millions of jobs along with. With so much humanity out of work, and corporations not helping by trimming payrolls and the millions of jobs it represents, the soap pot has [...]
Germany Is Shooting for 100% Renewables
With time, effort, and the spark of new ideas, it appears those brilliant researchers in Germany have once again found the basis for a realistic shot at taking Germany to 100% renewable energy. Please watch this video in it’s entirety. It’s only 7 minutes. Thanks to YOUTUBE at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tR8gEMpzos4&feature=player_embedded As you can see, this is [...]
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Automatic Meter Reading: Automatic meter reading, Distributed generation, Electricity meter, Feed-in Tariff, Gas meter, Net metering, Nonintrusive load … Power line communication, Public utility
Automatic meter reading, or AMR, is the technology of automatically collecting consumption, diagnostic, and status data from water meter or energy m…
Renewable financial support systems and cost-effectiveness [An article from: Journal of Cleaner Production]
This digital document is a journal article from Journal of Cleaner Production, published by Elsevier in 2007. The article is delivered in HTML format …
Solar Power in Australia: Solar Thermal Energy in Australia, Solar Thermal Energy, Greenhouse Gas, Power Station, Solar Hot Water in Australia, Photovoltaic Module, Feed-in Tariffs in Australia
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Australia has an estimated 115 MW of installed PV power (July 2009), contributing an estimated 0.1 to 0.2%…
Impact of Ontario Feed in Tariff program on the Wind Power Market
Summary
GlobalData’s new report – “Impact of Ontario Feed in Tariff program on the Wind Power Market”, explores a key segment within the…
Solar Cities in Australia: Solar Power, Energy Conservation, Smart Meter, Feed-in Tariff, Photovoltaics, BP Solar, Ergon (Australia), Andrew Blakers
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! In an effort to reduce impact on the environment Australian government agencies, organization in the priva…
Feed-in Tariff Designs
Among the instruments to support electricity generation from renewable energy sources (RES-E), feed-in tariff (FIT) systems are the most frequently us…
Compensating customer-generators: a taxonomy describing methods of compensating customer-generators for electricity supplied to the grid [An article from: Energy Policy]
This digital document is a journal article from Energy Policy, published by Elsevier in 2006. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available…
Feed-In Tariff Propels Solar Thermal Power in Spain
Feed-In Tariff Propels Solar Thermal Power in Spain
Summary
CSP (Concentrating Solar Power) or Solar Thermal plants use mirrors t…
Feed-in tariffs in Australia
Limited solar photovoltaic feed-in tariffs have been enacted by several State Governments in Australia and several have proposed feed-in tariffs schem…
Renewable-Energy Law: Feed-In Tariff, Financial Incentives for Photovoltaics, New York Energy Law, Feed-In Tariffs in Australia
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