Hartford Courant by Ryan V. Stewart March 2, 2016 Climate change is arguably the most pressing issue facing the world. From intense droughts punctuated by short periods of heavy rainfall, to the spread of agricultural pests and parasites, to rising sea levels and the fragmentation of vital ecosystems, there many stories on the woe that […]
Hartford Courant, Renewable EnergyReal Clear Energy – Energy Collective by Johannes Urpelainen February 6, 2016 Over the past three decades, the governance of electricity generation has undergone a number of important reforms. In many countries, governments have moved away from the traditional state monopoly of generation, transmission, and distribution of power. In restructured electricity sectors, independent regulators and […]
Renewable EnergyClean Technica by Joshua S Hill February 5th, 2016 The US renewable energy industry installed 16 GW of clean energy in 2015, which is 68% of all new capacity installed. These are the primary findings from Bloomberg New Energy Finance’s (BNEF) Sustainable Energy in America Factbook report released this week, released in conjunction with the Business […]
Renewable EnergyHartford Business Journal August 27, 2015 A new report commissioned by a coalition of industry groups concludes that a failure to invest in natural gas and electricity infrastructure in New England will cost businesses and households billions of dollars in higher energy costs by 2020. Investment could also create or save as many as 168,000 […]
Energy Efficiency, Renewable EnergyInternational Business Times By Maria Gallucci on July 09 2015 Americans are putting more solar panels on their roofs than ever before. Yet only a small group of people — homeowners, mostly well-to-do — are driving the boom. Apartment dwellers, cash-strapped families, renters and others are largely shut out of the solar movement, sidelined by […]
Community Solar, Renewable Energy, SolarREnew Economy By Sophie Vorrath on 3 August 2015 The key role energy storage will play in the electricity grids of the future – and the vital importance of investing in and testing the various emerging battery storage technologies – has been highlighted in a major report published by the Australian Renewable Energy Agency on […]
batteries, Renewable EnergyRenewable Energy World.com July 22, 2015 By Vince Font In a lopsided 23-3 vote, the U.S. Senate Finance Committee voted yesterday to extend a number of renewable energy production tax credits through the end of 2016. The vote allows developers of wind, geothermal, biomass, landfill gas, incremental hydroelectric, and ocean energy to take advantage of […]
Renewable Energy, Tax CreditGreenBiz By: Mike Hower Monday, July 20, 2015 The United States renewable energy sector has long-benefited from public policies at federal, state and local levels, which have provided everything from direct investment in solar and wind projects to tax credits that help homeowners and businesses to “go solar.” Thanks in large part to this support, […]
Green Bank, Renewable EnergyCommonWealth Bruce Mohl Jul 2, 2015 Administration tinkers with auction rules for subsidies THE BAKER ADMINISTRATION, which favors keeping a cap in place on one solar subsidy program, is now tinkering with another solar price support. State officials say they plan to change the way a key solar subsidy is auctioned to curb price speculation by […]
Renewable Energy, Solar, Tax CreditUnion of Concerned Scientists Andrew Belden – Steven Clemmer – Kathryn Wright July 2015 States can help increase investments in renewable energy and energy efficiency by utilizing “green banks,” institutions that use innovative financing initiatives to assist customers with developing clean energy. This promising avenue for scaling up investments in clean energy is particularly useful […]
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