feed-in tariffs
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Why 'Made in America' is the gift that keeps on giving
We offer here our "holiday wish list" for American workers to preserve an innovation-led economy that makes stuff and creates good jobs here at home.
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California launches compromise small-scale renewable auction
The California Public Utility Commission launched its Renewable Auction Mechanism last week, to spur more development in renewable energy projects.
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Britain abandons renewable power mandates, embraces feed-in tariffs
In a potentially precedent-setting move for the English-speaking world, the UK proposes abandoning its "market reforms" of the 1990s.
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How renewable incentives affect project ownership
In less than a month, solar energy projects will see the stimulus-funded cash grant in lieu of the 30 percent tax credit expire
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Ontario feed-in tariffs creating solar jobs at the cost of a donut per month
A new report says the impact of Ontario's feed-in tariffs for solar photovoltaics, which will create 70,000 jobs, is no more than one donut per month.
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Increasing on-site consumption of distributed solar
Germany has developed a tool -- roughly translated as “own consumption” -- to increase the amount of solar electricity used on-site.
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Why tax credits make lousy renewable energy policy
The cash grant program is set to end this year, but solar and wind advocates hope it will be extended, for good reason. Tax credits make dumb policy.
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Time for climate hawks to take to the hills?
It's time climate hawks heeded the lesson America's revolutionaries learned after they took a few drubbings at the hands of the British Redcoats.
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Feed-in tariff champion Hermann Scheer leaves big legacy
The recent death of German renewable energy advocate Hermann Scheer -- dubbed the sun king or even the Stalin of renewables -- is a unique opportunity to reflect on his largest legacy, the feed-in tariff, a policy responsible for the rise of the renewable energy industry.