Overheard at Opportunity Green: LA Having “Serious Conversation” About...
Los Angeles Deputy Mayor for Energy and the Environment Romel Pascual said during a panel discussion at Opportunity Green 2009 that Los Angeles has begun a “serious conversation” about a feed-in tariff...
View ArticleDo We Need Green Authoritarianism?
On Saturday the Chinese legislature passed an amendment to a 2006 renewable energy law that requires utilities to buy power from renewable sources, if it is available. The amendment should provide a...
View ArticleGainesville Sets Record Prices for Solar Power Sellers
by: Tom Rooney Gainesville city leaders became the first in the country to set a competitive price for people who create renewable energy with their solar panels or wind farms and who sell it back to...
View ArticlePolitics Puts LA Solar Feed-in Tariff in the Shade
The Los Angeles Business Council (LABC) could not have chosen a worse time to introduce a feasibility study (PDF) of a solar feed-in tariff for Los Angeles. The study, a joint project with the UCLA...
View ArticleFeed-in Tariffs Take Center Stage at AREDAY 2010 Renewable Energy Summit
By Lee Barken, CPA, LEED-AP Among the critical topics presented by industry luminaries at this year’s American Renewable Energy Day (AREDAY) summit in Aspen, Colorado, the theme of financing emerged as...
View ArticleVideo Interview: Why You Should Care About Feed in Tariffs
Government policies and subsidies play an important role in incubating and popularizing renewable energy technologies such as solar and wind. This video interview with Ted Ko of the FIT Coalition...
View ArticleGermany Sets New Renewable Energy Record
While the latest green headlines in the U.S. are mostly depressing with growing signs that the Obama administration will approve the proposed Keystone Pipeline and the bankruptcy of Solyndra, at least...
View ArticleRenewable Energy Land Leases: How to get a Slice of the Pie
This post outlines key considerations for property owners to evaluate when leasing their land for renewable energy development. There are pros and cons to leasing your property to a renewable energy...
View ArticleGermany Takes “Power to the People” Literally
Back in the 1960s there was a social uprising in this country. It grew out of the civil rights movement and the protests of the Vietnam War. It was powered largely by young people and other groups who...
View ArticleAmid Interstate Politicking, Feed-In Tariffs Come to Los Angeles
Los Angeles' new feed-in tariff program can create 4500 jobs in LA and generate 150MW of new power. Now why aren't other cities doing this?
View ArticleGermany Close to Slashing Solar Subsidies
The German government is close to slashing subsidies for solar energy by 20 to 40 percent despite solar's success in reaching up to 25 gw in capacity.
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