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Our Grid Needs To Be Viable Before It Can Be Smart

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Last week’s release of the White House’s Policy Framework For The 21st Century Grid signals that the national policy focus will shift back to energy in the coming months. This development is welcome news to a transmission industry that has weathered the ambiguity created by the absence of a national energy policy for years. It is smart for the Obama Administration to focus on our energy grid – a vital piece of infrastructure that is long past due for an upgrade, but a focus on “smart grid” technologies may be putting the cart before the horse.

Americans now rely on an antiquated grid that is used in ways it was never intended to be used. The majority of the existing transmission system was built more than 30 years ago and has received incremental investment since. Consider these facts: Keep reading →

 /  Published June 21, 2011 at 5:00 PM

Scaling And Financing Solar PV: Notes From REFF

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The decline in costs in the solar industry over the past three years is “nothing short of astounding,” Recurrent Energy CEO Arno Harris said today at the REFF Wall Street Summit in New York.

At back-to-back events today at the REFF Wall Street Summit, featured panelists discussed the distributed generation (DG) solar photovoltaic (PV) investment market and its scalability for the America utility grid. Keep reading →

 /  Published June 21, 2011 at 4:25 PM

REFF Wall Street: Rendell Speaks

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The White House needs to lead in development of a full energy policy bill that will have “something for everybody” ranging from oil and gas to solar and wind and even energy efficiency, former Pennsylvania Governor Edward Rendell said at today’s REFF Wall Street conference.

Federal mandates matched by permanent tax credits for renewable energy would reflect the underlying truth that energy markets are driven by political decisions and regulations regardless of fuel types, Rendell said. The former governor, who was an active proponent of renewable energy in a state known as a giant coal producer during two terms, is now a special advisor to investment bank Greenhill & Co, a partner at law firm Ballard Spahr and a political analyst for NBC. Keep reading →

 /  Published June 21, 2011 at 12:30 PM

REFF Tweet

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Mandates and financial incentives are crucial to energy investment and resulting jobs says former PA Gov Rendell at REFF Wall Street @petergardett

 /  Published June 21, 2011 at 12:08 PM

Early Highlights From REFF Wall Street

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Breaking Energy is actively covering the Renewable Energy Finance Forum – Wall Street in New York City today. We’ll have a lot of coverage from the event, but some early highlights:

More than 750 attendees were registered as of this morning, the best showing to date. The new CEO of the American Council on Renewable Energy, former US Navy Admiral Dennis McGinn is representing the increased importance of the Defense Department and the US Armed Forces in increasing adoption of innovative renewable energy solutions on a large-scale basis. Keep reading →

 /  Published June 21, 2011 at 11:35 AM

Follow The Money To… Clean Technology?

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Money can come from the strangest places.

With Google’s investment of $280 million in rooftop solar panels on Tuesday, bringing its total investments in renewable power to $680 million, experts are beginning to see the internet search-engine giant as the newest green tech finance firm. Keep reading →

 /  Published June 20, 2011 at 8:45 AM

Picture This: Energy Efficiency Around The World

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A recent survey looked at energy efficiency and how important it is to business across the world. Keep reading →

 /  Published June 17, 2011 at 11:15 AM

China Becomes World’s Top Energy User

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When it comes to topics of energy, China has been making plenty of headlines. We’ve recently reported on China’s surge forward as the world’s leader in wind-energy capacity, surpassing the United States in 2010, and have covered reports showing that China now dominates the world in terms of clean energy investments as well. Now, based on a report from British Petroleum (BP) we learn that China holds another energy record of sorts.

BP’s report shows that global energy consumption grew by 5.6% last year, the biggest surge in energy use since 1973 Keep reading →

 /  Published June 15, 2011 at 4:00 PM

$1.2 billion federal loan guarantee awarded by @ENERGY for a 280MW #solar #CSP project in California by @ABENGOAnews

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$1.2 billion federal loan guarantee awarded by @ENERGY for a 280MW #solar #CSP project in California by @ABENGOAnews http://bit.ly/mvBkmY @Aolenergy

 /  Published June 15, 2011 at 11:30 AM

Video: Google Invests $280 Million In Rooftop Solar Panels

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Google announced its largest ever investment in clean technology today: $280 million for a special fund that California-based SolarCity will use to help with leasing arrangements and that both firms hope will encourage more widespread adoption of rooftop solar panels.

This video shows what homes would look like with rooftop panels feeding them electricity directly and how consumers can save money on their power bills. Keep reading →

 /  Published June 14, 2011 at 4:37 PM
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