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Impact of CSP and PV Solar Feed-In Tariffs in Spain

November 8, 2010 by Willem Post
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  The purpose of this study is to show the impact of concentrated solar power, CSP, and PV Solar feed-in-tariffs, FITs, in Spain which has the largest installed base of CSP and the second largest installed base, after Germany, of grid-connected PV solar systems in the world about which much data is available. http://1bog.org/top-10-... [read more]

German Solar: Too Much of a Good Thing?

October 25, 2010 by Geoffrey Styles
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Until the recent reduction of its feed-in tariff, Germany provided some of the most generous solar incentives in the world. However, based on a statement last week by the head of the German energy agency, DENA, the rapid solar buildup threatens to overwhelm the country's power grid. Stephan Kohler proposed capping the amount of new solar... [read more]

Buyer beware as (publicly traded) companies move to exploit hype around Ontario FIT program

March 24, 2010 by Tyler Hamilton
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On January 7 I wrote a post about Burnaby, B.C.-based solar manufacturer Day4 Energy and its sale of 5.1 megawatts of solar modules to Ontario’s Hybridyne Power Systems Canada, which designs and constructs utility-scale solar parks and — according to my post – ”is 47.5 per cent owned by Atlantic Wind and Solar Inc.” I... [read more]

Bosch coming to Ontario, but how committed will it be?

March 3, 2010 by Tyler Hamilton
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I reported Tuesday that Bosch Solar, a subsidiary of German conglomerate Bosch Group, had signed a deal with Calgary-based solar inverter maker Sustainable Energy Technologies that will see the firms integrate their respective products to create a kind of all-in-one solar package for the Ontario market. Sustainable Energy’s parallel... [read more]

Excitement over Green Energy Fixed Payment Rate

February 1, 2010 by Vicky Portwain
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The UK wind energy sector, householders and community groups have welcomed new fixed electricity payment tariffs for small scale renewable energy technologies announced today.  The UK government is set to put in place the ‘feed in’ tariffs for electricity produced by renewable energy projects of up to 5 Megawatts (MW) capacity.... [read more]

Samsung deal: Criticism justified, but missing the bigger picture

January 25, 2010 by Tyler Hamilton
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I have a column in today’s Toronto Star that’s bound to upset a number of solar and wind developers, and the investors behind them. I argue that the $7 billion Samsung deal announced last week in Ontario isn’t a bad deal at all, and that Ontario was right to jump on the opportunity when it presented itself. The deal is... [read more]

Gov. Schwarzenegger Wants to Buy Your Surplus Solar Power

October 12, 2009 by Tim Hurst
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California law will require utilities to pay roughly one and half times the ‘market price’ to small-scale solar generators. California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on Sunday signed a statewide solar feed-in tariff, a provision that requires utilities to buy solar energy back from customers at above-market prices. The California Solar... [read more]

Industry starting to jockey around Ontario market

October 1, 2009 by Tyler Hamilton
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Since Ontario’s feed-in tariff program was launched last week, and with the first applications being accepted Oct. 1, there has been a handful of announcements that suggest the new program — despite controversy around local content rules, wind setbacks and land restrictions for solar — is beginning to achieve its intended effect. Wind... [read more]

Big News (4.8MW to be Exact) in Spain!

September 29, 2009 by Arno Harris
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Today Recurrent Energy made some news with the announcement of our first 4.8MW of rooftop projects in Spain. These projects are the first projects to emerge from our efforts in Europe that were started last year. But what's really remarkable about these projects is how they were developed and what they indicate about the sizable... [read more]

Samsung in advanced talks to set up wind, solar manufacturing in Ontario

September 26, 2009 by Tyler Hamilton
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I just learned — and confirmed — today that South Korean industrial and electronics giant Samsung Group is in serious, high-level talks with the Ontario government about setting up manufacturing operations in the province for wind, and possibly solar, that would be used to supply its own renewable-energy development projects in the area... [read more]

Is a reverse auction feed-in tariff “market-based”?

September 8, 2009 by Lynne Kiesling
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Proponents say yes, but I’m not convinced. Here’s the story: the California Public Utilities Commission is considering some regulatory innovations to increase the share of renewables in the state’s generation portfolio, including a reverse-auction procurement solicitation for the provision of renewable powe In what might be a world... [read more]

China Latest Global Leader to establish a Feed-in Tariff

August 21, 2009 by Jonathan Smith
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Only fairly recently had China announced a renewable energy standard of 20% by 2020. Now the Chinese government has announced a new renewable energy effort that will dwarf previous government support. photo: Wayne National Forest via flickrChina is going to launch a feed-in tariff for utility-scale solar power projects. NYC Treehugger... [read more]

Britain to Launch Innovative Feed-in Tariff Program in 2010

July 27, 2009 by MichaelSmith1
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Britain to Launch Innovative Feed-in Tariff Program in 2010 Proposes World’s Highest Tariffs for Small Wind Turbines By Paul Gipe http://wind-works.org Nova Scotia has wind, but little else to stimulate renewable energy entrepreneurs. They said it couldn’t be done, but Britain has risen to the challenge. Britain’s Secretary of State... [read more]

Drinking the feed-in tariff Kool-Aid

July 2, 2009 by MichaelSmith1
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In his latest Herald column, the normally estimable Ralph Surette drinks the feed-in tariff Kool-Aid. Moneyquote: Check out how they’re doing it in Ontario and other out-front jurisdictions, where “feed-in” laws or “standard offer contracts” are in effect - in which the utility is required to take power produced by entrepreneurs at a... [read more]

Germans Debate Renewable Energy Supports

May 30, 2008 by Tim Hurst
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Conservatives call into question highly successful feed-in tariff [Originally posted at Red, Green, and Blue on 5.19.08] There is a reason that Germany has half of the world's installed solar generating capacity, and it is not the Northern European country's boundless sunshine. Renewable energy capacity has achieved such tremendous... [read more]