Archive for September, 2009
India’s 1.1 Billion Move to Feed-in Tariffs
The world's largest single political jurisdiction to date, India, has made a strategic move to use a comprehensive system of feed-in tariffs to develop its renewable energy potential.
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Sens. Kerry & Boxer Introduce Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act
U.S. Senators John Kerry (D-MA), Chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee, and Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Chairman of the Committee on Environment and Public Works, today introduced the Kerry-Boxer legislation to create clean energy jobs, reduce pollution, and protect American security by enhancing domestic energy production and combating global climate change.
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Sens. Kerry & Boxer Introduce Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act
U.S. Senators John Kerry (D-MA), Chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee, and Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Chairman of the Committee on Environment and Public Works, today introduced the Kerry-Boxer legislation to create clean energy jobs, reduce pollution, and protect American security by enhancing domestic energy production and combating global climate change.
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The Strategic Imperative for the U.S. Senate to Pass an Effective Energy Bill
The United States Senate possesses the key to address the most critical national security issue that the country presently faces. Will the Senate act decisively and without delay to protect our vital national interests or will it dither as Iran builds a nuclear bomb and further destabilizes the world?
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Ontario Launches Comprehensive System of Feed-in Tariffs
Ontario today launched the province's long-awaited program of feed-in tariffs in response to its ground-breaking Green Energy Act.
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US Commerce Secretary Has Plan for Smart Grid Interoperability
U.S. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke this week unveiled an accelerated plan for developing standards to transform the U.S. power distribution system into a secure, more efficient and environmentally friendly Smart Grid and create clean-energy jobs.
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California Governor Fails to Live Up to His Green Goals
In a strange but interesting demonstration of cynicism, Governor Schwarzenegger recently signed an executive order directing state agencies to develop regulations requiring all utilities to achieve 33 percent renewable energy by 2020 -- while at the same time promising to veto a far stronger and smarter mandate in two similar bills finally passed by the Legislature.
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Nasdaq & Clean Edge Introduce Smart Grid Infrastructure Index
The Nasdaq OMX Group Inc. and Clean Edge Inc. announced the introduction of the Nasdaq OMX Clean Edge Smart Grid Infrastructure IndexSM (Nasdaq: QGRD), a new benchmark for the smart grid and electric infrastructure sector. The index is a modified market-capitalization index and includes companies that are primarily involved in electric grid, electric meters, devices and networks, energy storage and management and enabling software used by the smart grid and electric infrastructure sector.
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Update: Treasury & Energy Surpass US $1B Mark in Recovery Act Awards
U.S. Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner and Energy Secretary Steven Chu this week hosted a group of clean energy developers and manufacturers at the White House to discuss how the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (Recovery Act) is creating jobs and helping expand the development of clean, renewable domestic energy.
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How To Get Renewable Energy Grant Money from the U.S. Government
How does one go about applying for the new government program that allows a solar, wind project or other specified energy property to receive a cash grant from the U.S. Treasury in lieu of a 30% tax credit? -- Michael W., Hartford, CT.
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