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Renewable Energy News
Jimmy Carter slams US progress in renewables
The United States is badly lagging behind the rest of the developed world in addressing climate change and generating renewable energy, former President Jimmy Carter said Tuesday. Carter, speaking to the American Renwable Energy Day Summit in ...
Juhl Energy Completes $4 Million Acquisition of Two Operating Wind Farms in ...
"This transaction underscores our ongoing commitment to building our residual, independent power production business made up of wind farms today and other forms of renewable energy in the future," stated John Mitola, President of Juhl Energy.
Jimmy Carter Calls Out Climate Skeptic Nutcases
I don't look at the present hold-up concerning changing to renewable energy to be an insoluble problem. I have always felt that the best key to get international support, in this case global warming, is for the United States and China to agree on anything.
Biomass Magazine
Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., recently introduced legislation that aims to encourage the construction of anaerobic digestion (AD) facilities by adding biogas to the list of renewable energy sources that receive a 30 percent investment tax credit (ITC) for the ...
Wind and Solar—Expensive Renewables
President Obama says we should 'invest' in renewables as energy sources of the future. Yet after investing billions of dollars in taxpayer subsidies in renewable energy, those sources provided only 7.5% of America's energy in 2012, which was actually less ...
Geothermal Industry Asserts Technology as Beneficial and Affordable
In the past, Sullivan said, geothermal has been "pigeon-holed" under Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs), "but it can be so much more than that," he said. "It has all the attributes of a coal facility, the backbone of our electrical grid that we count on it day in ...
Ecotech Institute's Clean Jobs Index Shows 1.2 Million New Clean Jobs in 2014
Ecotech Institute is the first and only college entirely focused on preparing America's workforce for careers in renewable energy and sustainability and is accredited by the Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges and Schools. Launched in April 2010 in ...
IRS Relaxes and Clarifies Renewable Energy Tax Credit Eligibility ...
On August 8, 2014, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued Notice 2014-46 in response to continued industry requests for clarification on several aspects of the renewable electricity Production Tax Credit (PTC) under section 45, or the energy Investment ...
PUC Net Metering decision benefits Xcel, shafts consumers
The recommended decision setting proposed solar capacity levels for Xcel Energy through the 2014 Renewable Energy Standard compliance plan was issued at the end of July, a year after the proceedings began. An administrative law judge is ...
Jimmy Carter chides U.S. for slow progress on climate change
ASPEN, Colo. -- The United States is badly lagging behind the rest of the developed world in addressing climate change and generating renewable energy, former President Jimmy Carter said Tuesday. Carter, speaking to the American Renwable Energy Day ...
Research And Patents Predict A Solar-Powered World That Is Closer Than You ...
Many governments around the world use some variation of the "20-20-20" framework for setting renewable energy and efficiency targets. Such a framework, pioneered by the European Union, consists of rules to reduce emissions by 20%, energy consumption ...
Quarter of houses rely on renewable energy
DESPITE living in a coal-centric town, Gladstone residents are leading the nation in the switch to solar. New figures reveal Gladstone homes are installing solar powered energy at rates faster than the rest of the country, coming in second on the list behind ...
Hoosier Energy Adds More Wind Power
“Hoosier Energy is focused on providing cost-effective renewable energy for our member systems,” said Steve Smith, Hoosier Energy President and Chief Executive Officer. “Our agreement with EDP Renewables adds more wind resources to our portfolio, ...
