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Clever Accounting Lets Utilities Cash In When You Go Solar
August 13, 2011 Reprinted with Permission Copyright, all rights reserved I recently got a copy of a utility bill for a Minnesota business that has a 40-kilowatt (kW) solar PV array. I wanted to learn how quickly he’d pay off his array with the electricity savings. I was shocked. Payback time was 30 years. Even [...]
Wisconsin’s Widening War on Renewable Energy
by Michael Vickerman Dramatic slowdown in Wisconsin’s renewable energy market activity anticipated What started out as an opening salvo from the Walker Administration to shackle large-scale wind projects has in six months turned into a systematic campaign to dismantle the state policies that support renewable energy development. Joining the executive and legislative branches in pursuing [...]
California’s Solar Program Costs More Than German Feed-in Tariffs
Newly installed solar photovoltaic (solar PV) projects in Californian were paid an average of approximately $0.34/kWh last year, according to a privately-commissioned study. Germans paid substantially less, taking into consideration the amount of solar energy their country receives.
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 [...]
Ontario Feed-In Tariff Program: $8 billion of Deals So Far
(This article originally posted April, 2010, and is even more pertinent today; reprinted with permission.) Derek Wong is a Toronto based sustainability consultant. He holds an Engineering degree from University of Melbourne and is a CSA America certified greenhouse gas professional. See contact info and more posts like this at Carbon49.com. Ontario, the largest province [...]
Vermont Sees No Conflict between Feed-in Tariffs and Federal Law
October 8, 2010 By Paul Gipe In a big win for Vermont’s nascent feed-in tariff program, the state’s Public Service Board (PSB) ruled today that they see no conflict between the state’s program and the federal government. A challenge by Vermont’s Department of Public Service (DPS) had jeopardized several megawatts of solar PV projects that [...]
Ontario’s FIT Program a Success After One Year
By Tyler Hamilton Energy and Technology Columnist Ontario’s feed-in-tariff program is one year old on Oct. 1 and most would call it a success, judged strictly by the number of green-power projects it has attracted. But the word “success” can be good or bad depending on where you stand. For many, the success of this [...]
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 [...]
Preparation for this Year’s Legislation
If you have ever been involved in supporting and passing legislation, you are well aware of the need to be prepared. I find preparation for legislative efforts to be nothing less and requiring nothing less than the effort for such activities as a professional athletic game, or a court trial. You have to do research, [...]
2010: The Year of Feed-In Tariff Legislation
A number of state legislatures attempted passage of Feed-In Tariff legislation last year. A few succeeded, but not anywhere near as many as should have. There were a number of lessons to be learned from the efforts. What we at Northern States Solar Services learned from all the attempts, whether they were successes and failures, [...]
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 [...]
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 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%…
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 …
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…
Feed-in Tariffs: Accelerating the Deployment of Renewable Energy
A feed-in tariff is where the price per unit that a utility or supplier has to pay for renewable electricity is kept at a premium, which allows electr…
Powering the Green Economy: The Feed-in Tariff Handbook
Feed-in tariffs—laws that provide a premium rate (tariff) over a fixed period of time for each unit of electricity fed into the grid—are one of t…
An integrated assessment of the feed-in tariff system in Spain [An article from: Energy Policy]
This digital document is a journal article from Energy Policy, published by Elsevier in 2007. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available…
Carbon finance: Environmental Finance, Greenhouse Gas, Investment, Financial Instrument, Emissions Trading, Carbon Credit, Reforestation, Feed-in Tariff, Personal Carbon Trading.
Carbon finance is a new branch of Environmental finance. Carbon finance explores the financial implications of living in a carbon-constrained world, a…
