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Why Might Novozymes Oppose My Biofuel Incentive Proposal?

September 19, 2011 by Robert Rapier
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Rewards for Performance, Not Over-Hyped Promises I recently wrote a post detailing some steps that I believe should be taken to improve the nature of how we provide incentives for biofuels: How to Fix the Broken Cellulosic Ethanol Incentive System. My proposal is like a feed-in-tariff for next generation biofuels. The highlights are that... [read more]

Will Australia Get A Carbon Tax in 2011?

July 6, 2011 by Barry Brook
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Australia is set to introduce a carbon tax (details to be released on Sunday 10 July 2011). This post is the place to discuss this policy — the good and the bad. A description, from the Australian Parliamentary Library: A carbon tax is a tax on energy sources which emit carbon dioxide. It is a pollution tax, which some economists favour... [read more]

Energy Is The Public’s Business

April 15, 2011 by Eric Smalley
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Politics can be frustrating at the best of times. The challenge is avoiding despair and feeling helpless. This is especially true when thinking about US energy policy. We have the intellectual and financial means to remake our energy system. The question is, can we make it happen in a political system biased against public investment.... [read more]

Advanced Biofuels Leader To Senate: Consistency Is Key

April 15, 2011 by Mike Gregory
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A consistent commitment by Congress that avoids the ups and downs of public opinion will be crucial to the success of transforming America's energy policy to cleaner and renewable sources, that's what Michael McAdams, president of the Advanced Biofuels Association (ABFA), told members of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee... [read more]

Overview of New Jersey Solar Incentives

April 14, 2011 by Reginald Norris
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Everyone seems to know that California currently leads in the nation in installed solar capacity. Many, however, do not know that New Jersey is the second largest solar state in the U.S. with 137 megawatts of installed solar power in 2010 which was almost a 140% increase over the 57.3 megawatts installed in 2009 and 517% increase over... [read more]

A National Energy Security Policy Needs A Rational Tax Code and Budget

February 21, 2011 by Christine Hertzog
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The integration of renewable energy sources like wind and solar into the nation’s electricity supply is an important Smart Grid capability.   Solar and wind are intermittent energy sources that need energy storage to guarantee electricity when needed, but the sun will continue to shine, and the wind continue to blow, regardless... [read more]

Who’s Changing Who: Utilities or the Solar Industry?

March 31, 2010 by Taylen Peterson
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Historically, utilities and solar power have had a tense, marginal relationship at best. The reasons are fairly obvious; most utilities today are deregulated, investor-owned companies looking for a profit. So how can interrupting their own revenue stream by facilitating the ownership of independent energy by their customers be... [read more]

Microgrids – Smart Grid Laboratories

February 15, 2010 by Christine Hertzog
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Back in September 2009 I blogged about six rules that tell you when you have a Smart Grid.  The third rule is:  You know you have a Smart Grid when the transmission and distribution portions of the grid are optimized for distributed energy generation/storage.  This rule becomes reality when microgrids are ubiquitous.... [read more]

2009 lessons and 2010 predictions

January 4, 2010 by Doris de Guzman
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So what do we learned from 2009? Recession drove a little bit of a decline on venture capital investments in the clean technologies sector compared to 2008 but the good news is that 2009 seem to be a record year for federal grants and funds on renewable energy, clean technology and green chemistry. There was also proliferation of new... [read more]

Two moves to unlock the chess game

December 16, 2009 by China Dialogue
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Guest post by David Doniger, policy director, NRDC Climate Center, Washington, D.C. Co-authored with Barbara Finamore, NRDC’s China program director.  The Copenhagen climate summit is coming to its moment of truth, and all eyes will be on the United States and China. Together these two countries account for 42 percent of world... [read more]

California pioneered solar PV incentive program

January 30, 2008 by Jonathan Smith
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This blog previously noted that, In the absence of federal initiative, states now are leading the way in Solar Energy development. Cooler Planet via Climate Progress relays solar PV (photovoltaic) installation data from the California Energy Commission. Growth of solar photo voltaic installations has gone from only 1,675 grid connected... [read more]