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Arizona's largest utility company wants to put solar panels on customer rooftops in a proposal that resembles a proposal made earlier this year by former Energy Secretary Steven Chu, who suggested utilities avoid a predicted "death spiral" by getting into the rooftop solar installation business.
APS will spend an estimated 57-70 million placing solar panels on 3,000 Arizona rooftops, enough to generate 20 MW and meet Arizona's renewable energy mandate. Participating homeowners will receive 30 a month off their energy bills over 20 years, a total of 7,200 each.
My colleague Steven Kannelos has the scoop on the APS announcement. I contacted APS to inquire about its resemblance to Steven Chu's suggestion.
"This is not a radical model," Chu said in a February appearance at the University of Chicago, "this is the old telephone system model, where the telephone companies owned the phone, they rented you the phone for so long, they maintained it."
Nor is it radical for APS, spokesman Jenna Shaver told me.
"APS has a long track record of providing utility-owned distributed energy to customers, starting with our innovative Community Power Project in 2008," she said.
In the Community Power Project, APS maintains 125 utility-owned panels on 125 customer rooftops. "The purpose of the project is to measure system impacts and to better understand the total customer experience of distributed generation," she said.
And in 2010, APS began installing panels at schools. It operates utility-owned solar at 59 schools in 24 school districts.
Critics have called the APS proposal a Trojan horse in the utility's battle with solar-power competitors.
The rooftop program would cost roughly the same as a traditional solar farm, APS spokeswoman Jenna Shaver told me, but will produce electricity less efficiently. At solar farms panels can be built to track the sun, but on rooftops they'll be stationary.
"We prefer the rooftop solar program because it is an innovative concept that continues Arizona's solar leadership, makes rooftop solar available to customers who would not otherwise be able to afford it, and provides our customers with a simple, easy option for installing solar," Shaver said.
The Arizona Corporation Commission has mandated that regulated utilities generate 15 percent of their electricity from renewable sources by 2015. APS needs 20 MW to reach its goal, and has two proposals before regulators: the rooftop program and a more traditional solar farm.
APS's parent company, Pinnacle West, was recently ranked first among investor owned utilities in "incremental energy efficiency," a metric that measures recent gains in efficiency, but 13th in sales of renewable energy. According to Ceres, 5.35 percent of Pinnacle West's electricity sales came from renewables, a total of about 1.5 million Megawatt hours.
Source: http://www.forbes.com/sites/jeffmcmahon/2014/08/09/arizona-public-service-finds-prime-real-estate-for-solar-your-roof/
The working principle behind the technical structure of solar panels is the production of electricity by using only certain light wavelengths with the help of photo-voltaic cells. Sun exposure and low or moderate temperature are the only requirements for the panels to work. Though they are usually manufactured by many businesses in the field, a home solar panel are also a choice, and many home owners choose to do their own alternative power sources. The kits available on the market as well as the many guides that provide technical details provide the most comprehensive assistance for one who simply wants to cut the electricity bill.
First of all, if the energy produced by a solar system covers around 80% of a the needs in a household, and you did install a very good model, then you will get all your money back through the savings you make from the electricity bill monthly. We could talk about free solar panels in term of a "re-funding" that the system works on your budget. The real return on investment when you create solar power is obvious within maximum two years in case of a very sophisticated and ultra modern solar system, or up to five years if you've purchased an average one. One great resource for making your own solar power is Homemade Energy by Bill Ford. You can read about it here Home Made Energy Review
In time, the savings you make by the use of renewable energy resources are huge so that you get to recover your investment and save a lot afterwards. This means that once the return on investment is no longer valid, your gain comes from the periodical savings that you make every month. The maintenance of the home solar panels is virtually nil unless you install some more sensitive devices such as a sun tracker. Keep in mind the fact that a good assessment of the situation is necessary before making the decision to add something further to the system.
Home solar panels should work well both in summertime and in winter, with the mention that you may have to modify the inclination angle of the panels, though this is not a rule. The changes summer-winter should be specified in terms of technical features in the very installation instructions you receive on purchasing the home solar panels. Moreover, a professional installation team should be able to give all the guidance you may need.
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Professor Jeremy Firestone also presented comments on the IRP to the Public Service Commission Tuesday night. His comments are brief and very much to the point:
It is imperative that the IRP recognize the fundamental way in which the law of the state of Delaware has changed in the past year. Delmarva's IRP needs to be written in acknowledgement that the existing, planned load of its 2006 IRP is the load of the past; it is not the load of the future.
First, Delmarva must craft an IRP that is consistent with new section 1020(b) of Title 26, which requires that in preparing the IRP, Delmarva:
1. Shall first consider demand response and demand-side management strategies.
2. Shall preferentially obtain electricity through demand response, demand-side management, weatherization, and cost-effective renewable energy resources before
considering traditional fossil fuel-based electric supplies.
Second, Delmarva must write an IRP that accounts to the extent possible scientific studies that estimate environmental externalities. Importantly, the National Academy of Science recently released a review of health externalities of fossil fuel generation. It found that on average, US coal plants cause health externalities equivalent to 3.2 cents/kWh and the dirtiest coal plants, 12 cents/kWh. These costs have to be added to the cost that Delmarva can procure these energy sources. It does not stop there however; Delmarva must also account for the environmental externalities such as direct wildlife impacts of the air emissions associated with fossil fuels and the discharge of cooling water, not to mention climate change. As it also must account for these on a life-cycle basis, it must account for mountain-top mining of coal as well.
In light of these developments, the reference case should not be status quo ante-one that assumes a 20% RPS by 2019, which is where Delmarva already effectively will be given the land and offshore wind contracts it has signed. Rather, the reference case, should conservatively assume that Delmarva has contracts for 30% renewable by 2020. Delmarva could still analyze the existing, outdated case, but it should be viewed as a step back, not a reference.
In addition, the IRP should include scenarios with aggressive renewable targets such as 40% and 50%.
Delmarva should run variations on these, including a price based on additional purchases from BWW at the BWW-Delmarva price. All scenarios should use 2012 as the start date for national carbon price. They should base natural gas on NYMEX. They should also run with PTC and separately assuming the ITC is extended to 2016 for offshore wind.
A sensitivity analysis also could be run with a slightly lower "effective price" effect (that is, the differential between the wind price and local nodel price) which would show how selecting out-of-state land-based wind rather than offshore wind would affect ratepayer bills.
But Delmarva also must be cognizant that it is now much more difficult to site a land-based wind project in Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia and West Virginia given the endangered Indiana Bat and the recent case out of Maryland, Animal Welfare Institute v. Beech Ridge Energy.
Finally, the IRP must account for the new realities. Delmarva must provide a No MAPP scenario as the reference rather than assuming MAPP and only somewhat reluctantly undertaking an analysis of a delayed MAPP. Delmarva must also account for New Jersey
efforts to require a new cooling water tower for the Nuclear plant at Oyster Creek, including what it might mean for the Salem Nuclear Power Plant.
"References"
National Academy of Science, Hidden Costs of Energy: Unpriced Consequences of Energy Production and Use, Committee on Health, Environmental, and Other External Costs and Benefits of Energy Production and Consumption; National Research Council, ISBN: 0-309-14641-0, 466 pages, 6 x 9, (2009)
Animal Welfare Institute v. Beech Ridge Energy, LLC, RWT 09cv1519 (D. MD Dec. 8, 2009)
The News Journal reports that Delmarva wants nothing to do with any source of new power in Delaware:
Delmarva Power's president said today the company won't negotiate with a wind power company or a natural gas company unless compelled by a court of law.The Public Service Commission, acting under the authority of 26 Del. C. SS 1007(d), opened Docket 06-241 on July 25, 2006. A request for proposal (RFP) was developed, and three companies (NRG, Bluewater Wind and DPL sister company Conectiv) came forward with proposals for new power generation in Delaware. After many hours of hearings, hundreds of thousands of dollars spent on consultants and thousands of pages of proposals, analyses and comments, Delmarva want to take its football and go home?
Surely such a drastic decision would not be taken lightly:
After taking a day to digest the report, Gary Stockbridge, Delmarva president, said that even if the commission votes to accept the conclusions of the report, Delmarva will refuse to negotiate. Delmarva believes accepting any of the bids would cause ratepayers to have to pay much more for years to come, he said.Let's be clear about a couple of points: First, the State of Delaware isn't presenting Delmarva with a take-it-or-leave-it deal. The RFP process calls for Delmarva to begin negotiations based on the findings of the PSC, OMB, Controller General and DNREC. If DPL has concerns it needs addressed, they can be put on the table in the negotiating process. But Delmarva doesn't even want to talk about it.
Second, Gary Stockbridge may cite the interests of ratepayers in refusing to negotiate, but he doesn't represent the public; he is accountable to DPL's parent company Pepco Holdings and its shareholders. The elected officials and agencies of state government are responsible for representing the public interest. It is sheer sophistry for Mr. Stockbridge to conflate Delmarva's interests with those of its customers, a point I discussed in a letter to the PSC sent just yesterday:
On this point, it is important to distinguish between Delmarva's risks and those of its customers, who are now exposed to considerable risk of fuel price increases. It is understandable that Delmarva's management would be concerned about the financial obligations imposed by a long term contract.
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While a long term supply contract creates a risk for the company, purchasing power every three years is not without risk. Specifically, three year purchases of power leaves Delmarva's customers more exposed to the risk of future price increases-which is precisely the risk that the RFP is intended to ameliorate. Mr. Stockbridge says he would rather work something out than go to court:
Stockbridge said he hopes it doesn't come to that. Even if the commission votes to order negotiations, the company will have other tools short of litigation, including working with the Legislature, Stockbridge said.I have a hard time imagining that he'll get very far by thumbing his nose at the General Assembly, the Public Service Commission and the thousands of citizens who have taken an intense interest in Delaware's energy future.
Update: The News Journal has more on Delmarva's intransigence:
The company has long argued the state's energy needs can be fulfilled through a combination of conservation, competitive buying on the open market and new transmission lines. Under the staff proposal, Delmarva could be forced to buy more electricity than it can sell, the company argued.The amount of electricity produced and sold in Delaware are numbers that can be negotiated. Delmarva's argument on this point is unconvincing.
A factor that the "News Journal" missed, but was reported here on Wednesday, is that Bluewater Wind announced a twenty year deal with the Delaware Municipal Energy Corporation:
The agreement between DEMEC and Bluewater Wind is for the offshore wind energy generator to supply electricity, associated capacity, and related environmental attributes (also called Renewable Energy Credits) to DEMEC for 20 years. The contract is the first in the nation to provide for the purchase and delivery of energy from an offshore wind park and is valued between 200 million and 300 million over the life of the contract.In other words, DEMEC has already taken a sizable chunk of capacity off of Delmarva's hands. They seem to think, despite Delmarva's arguments, that a long term contract for energy is a valuable asset.
With record ethanol production and the lowest gas prices in years, 2014 was a banner year for the renewable fuel industry. This is good news for the farmers, small business owners, and workers who rely upon this growing sector for their livelihoods. As the new Congress gets to work, it's important for them to know that:
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In 2014, biofuels production reached 14.4 billion gallons -- a record -- in the United States. As biofuels production soared, U.S. gas prices fell to their lowest levels since 2008 and 2009.
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The renewable fuel industry now supports more than 852,000 jobs and 184.5 billion in economic output across the country. This means that more jobs than ever are supported by renewable fuels -- especially in America's rural economies. These are homegrown American jobs that can't be outsourced.
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In 2014, three new commercial-scale cellulosic ethanol facilities came online in America's Heartland. They will produce the world's cleanest motor fuel from agricultural waste like corncobs.
All of this progress has been made possible by the Renewable Fuel Standard. At a time of crisis and instability around the globe, we have achieved unprecedented levels of energy independence.
With so much on the line, the United States can't afford to turn its back on renewable fuels. Congress, the President, and the EPA should keep the progress going and support a strong Renewable Fuel Standard.
A team comprised of the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems, Soitec, CEA-Leti and the Helmholtz Center, Berlin has just unveiled the world's most efficient solar cell! Boasting an efficiency of 44.7%, the cell breaks the record set by Sharp just three months ago by 0.3%. The four-junction photovoltaic cell is not only dramatically more efficient than the theoretical 33.7% efficiency limit of conventional silicon-based solar PV, but it puts the team well on the road to reaching their goal of 50% efficiency by 2015.
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The first Renewable Energy Investment Promotion Meet Expo (RE-INVEST), scheduled to be organised in New Delhi from February 15-17, 2015, seems to be pressing the right buttons. The event has managed to trigger a sense of excitement and optimism in the government and the corporate sector alike.
The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) is trying hard to instil confidence in the minds of the investors by creating an enabling environment to accomplish the target of 1 lakh MW of solar energy and 60,000 MW of wind energy over the next five years.
The revised target of installing renewable energy projects in the country has put both the RE industry and the government on their toes. The MNRE, Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency(IREDA), CII, FICCI and the industry leaders have risen up to the task.
In wake of RE-INVEST the government has asked the private players, PSUs and government organisations to pledge their support by committing to set up renewable energy projects. This initiative has been well received by the RE industry, and it is believed that a commitment of more than 1 lakh MW of renewable energy projects have already been signed by various companies and organisations.
It is believed that more and more commitments are expected to come as the event gets closer. It is estimated that the cumulative RE project commitment is likely to be more than the envisaged capacity.
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Build Group, Inc. (www.buildgc.com) today announced the completion of the first phase of a massive solar support canopy project at the West Los Angeles Veterans Affairs Medical Center. The company provided design/build services to long time client REC Solar.
Located on the South campus of the West Los Angeles Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Phase I consists of 3.72 MW of the 6.8 MW of solar carports slated for installation. When complete, the project will be the largest installation of solar canopies on a VA hospital campus in the United States. Build Group kept the parking lots open by carefully sequencing the work to accommodate automobile and pedestrian traffic. The implementation team posted prominent signs and performed meticulous preplanning of logistics to ensure the safety of hospital staff, patients and visitors during installation.
The project design incorporates seven solar panels across each T structure, compared to the industry standard of only six panels. By elevating more panels with the same amount of structure, the per-unit watt return is maximized. Due to temperate winds in the area, the structure is designed to withstand a standard 85 MPH wind. Cost efficient drilled cast-in-place piles were used as well as 240-watt panels.
Build Group utilizes its international and national supply chain of AISC certified structural steel fabricators to source the materials on behalf of clients. With a strong pipeline of manufacturers, Build Group guarantees clients high quality products at extremely competitive prices. Only domestic materials were utilized for the West Los Angeles VA project in accord with the Federal "Buy American Act".
"Our solar canopy expertise allows us to expedite construction thereby minimizing impact on business operations," said Eric Horn, Build Group's Chief Operating Officer. "We are pleased to help the Department of Veterans Affairs achieve their goal of becoming a leader in alternative energy."
"Build Group worked very successfully with us and delivered high quality product and proactive service while keeping the VA's busy parking lots in full operation," said Burke Kascha-Hare, Director of Federal Business Development at REC Solar, Inc. "We rely on them for innovative designs that result in fast, high-quality execution.
With over 27 MW under construction, in design, or completed, Build Group's other notable solar structure projects include: another 3 MW for REC Solar at the West Angeles Veterans Affairs Hospital; 8 MW for Chevron Energy Solutions at various campuses throughout Eastside Union High School District in San Jose, California; 1.4 MW for REC Solar at the Bay Pines Veterans Affairs Hospital, California;.504 MW for REC Solar at the Martinez Veterans Affairs Hospital, California and 9 MW for Solar City at various school districts in Lancaster, Chico, and Davis, California.
About Build Group
Established in 2007, Build Group is a privately held California Corporation located in San Francisco. The company provides general contracting services to a diverse clientele and specializes in multifamily residential, mixed-use, office buildings, solar support structures, parking garages, retail and restaurants. Build Group self-performs structural concrete and provides services to other general contractors through its sister company, Pacific Structures. For more information please visit www.buildgc.com. A patent pending design of Build Group, Solumbria, provides adaptable and upgradeable solar support structure solutions for private and public projects.
About REC Solar
REC Solar, a Mainstream Energy company, is an industry leading solar power provider specializing in grid-tied residential and commercial installations. With more than 8,000 systems installed in 16 states across the USA, REC Solar has been committed to lowering the cost of solar power through efficient processes, innovative products and outstanding customer service since 1997. For additional information on REC Solar visit www.recsolar.com or call 1-888-OK-SOLAR (888-675-6527).
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HEADLINE NEWS: * Noted campaigning organization Avaaz recently sent a petition with the signatures of 2.2 million people to the UN secretary general. It asked all levels of government worldwide to transition to 100% renewable energy. Avaaz is currently aiming to get at least 100 cities around the world to join its campaign. [CleanTechnica] * A slaughterhouse in Kenya converts its waste to biogas it then uses to generate electricity, powering the meat cold room and processing equipment. It also pipes the gas to local hotels. Now the Maasai hope to take the project a step further by selling the alternative fuel in cylinders for half the price of natural gas. [Yahoo News] * A consortium led by Saudi Arabia's ACWA Power International won a EUR1.7 billion contract to build two solar power plants totalling 350 MW in the city of Ouarzazate, Morocco, the Moroccan solar energy agency says. The plants are part of a government plan to produce two GW of solar power by 2020. [Gulf Business News] * An old golf course in Warren, Massachusetts is now home to 57,000 solar panels that are producing enough electricity to power 2,300 homes. It is owned by First Wind Holdings Inc, which now has two solar projects in the Worcester area, and 17 wind projects across the US, with two more under construction. [Worcester Telegram] * California, a national leader in advancing energy storage, envisions this technology as a critical component in reducing global warming, improving air quality and promoting energy independence. The state currently has several pilot projects, and is working toward commercialization of energy storage. [Imperial Valley News] For more news, please visit geoharvey - Daily News about Energy and Climate Change.
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Renewable energy sources have gained quite a bit more attention in recent years. Renewable energy is no longer a topic discussed for the future, but rather a current means to help improve the environment, strengthen energy security, create more local jobs and potentially boost the economy. The use of renewable energy is popping up all over the country, and there are several Wasilla, Alaska energy resources available to you to jump into the trend as well.
It makes sense that a region known for its vast wilderness and beautiful landscapes would also be rich in renewable energy resources. Geothermal energy is just the first of several potential Wasilla, Alaska energy resources. This energy captures the heat from the earth which constantly flows outward from its core. This enormous energy source is prevalent in Alaska and offers both heating and cooling potential. Most geothermal use comes from a direct use geothermal energy system. The system will consist of a production facility used to draw the hot water up to the surface, mechanical piping, a heat exchanger, a control device to deliver the heat to the space or process and a disposal pond or injection well to receive the cooled geothermal fluid.
With a number of rivers in the area, water is another Wasilla, Alaska energy resource. Flowing water naturally creates energy. Capturing that energy source and turning it into electricity is called hydropower or hydroelectric power. If you have flowing water on your property, you can actually use a microhydropower system to generate your own electricity and Wasilla, Alaska energy resource. Most microhydropower systems usually generate up to 100 kilowatts of electricity and are used by homeowners, farmers and ranchers. In most cases, a 10-kilowatt microhydropower system will generate enough power for a large home, or even a small farm or resort! For those without direct access to water, you may have the opportunity to purchase clean electricity from a hydropower plant. Currently the largest and least expensive source of renewable electricity produced in the U.S., hydropower plants use dams and turbines to generate electricity.
Another option for Wasilla, Alaska energy resources is wind power. Alaskans are well-acquainted with the wind. As is the case with water power, you have small- and large-scale options. If you live on at least one acre of land with an ample wind resource, you can generate your own electricity using a small wind electric system. For those without the available land, you can purchase clean electricity from a wind power plant in Alaska.
Wasilla, Alaska energy resources are abundant and utilizing some of the available renewable options can save you money and help the environment.
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Illinois and North Carolina a minute ago united 23 other states in enacting renewable energy professional (RES) policies. Delaware what's more doubled it's extant professional view month despite the fact that Missouri adopted a non-binding renewable energy direct.
25 states now seat RES policies with four states enacting new ethics in 2007 and two others adjunct new renewable energy goals (see map beneath), making 2007 a big appointment for RES policies.
Even more on every person state beneath...
ILLINOIS: 25% BY 2025
The Illinois Taken as a whole House of representatives on July 26 agreed energy legislation that includes a renewable energy professional (RES) of 10% by 2015 and 25% by 2025, according to the American Wrap around Dominance Association's notice, WindEnergyWeekly (subscription req.).
The law agreed the Homewards 80-33 and the Committee 40-13 and Proprietor Rod Blagojevich (D) is expected to take in it soon.
All the same the Illinois RES applies to all utilities, the state has a competitive electricity dividing line and about curtailed of the state's electricity clients are full by "alternative market electricity suppliers" (ARES), which are not yet dappled by the RES.
At bare minimum 75% of the professional basic be met with wind resources and fit resources basic come from stylish Illinois original and may come from Illinois or nearby states at the rear of 2011.
"We are jubilant Illinois has agreed a dangerous RES," Wrap around on the Supports Higher Beth Soholt told Wrap around Dominance Essay. "We congratulate all our Illinois contemporaries who worked steadily to get the rapacious renewable energy and energy efficiency tract. Wrap around developers are creased up vis-?-vis the minute to invest billions of dollars in Illinois, and they absolutely seat a green light."
Then the Illinois energy retail the fifth principal in the acquire, it is imprecise that the RES order implore top-quality than 4,000 MW of new renewable energy to be delivered to bundled clients, WindEnergyWeekly hearsay. The new ethics is what's more expected to thrust renewable energy development for competitive retail clients as expertly.
NORTH CAROLINA: 12.5% BY 2025
The North Carolina Committee on Grand 2 voted 47-1 for final pass by of Committee Inhibit 3, WindEnergyWeekly hearsay. The law includes a renewable electricity professional (RES) of 12.5% by 2021 with energy efficiency fit to get up to 40% professional such as met with efficiency.
Equally the North Carolina professional is not as rapacious as ethics a minute ago adopted by other states, North Carolina is the zenith southeast state to throw a renewable energy professional policy, arrangement an necessary earlier period stylish the district.
"This [RES] sets an example for other states in the district to sign," said Jane Preyer, boss of the North Carolina restricted outlet of Environmental Casing. "In spite of its qualities, the legislation has shortcomings, and the job is not by way of."
Environmental Casing noted that SB 3 order border the state's carbon dioxide chase by at bare minimum 13 million metric masses by 2018, which is as good as to prize top-quality than a million cars off the footprints, it said.
In growth to the RPS, the legislation calls for updated net metering and interconnection rules to grab authoritarian barriers for new renewable energy generation and lingering state tax credits for investments in renewable energy technologies to nonprofit entities such as churches.
The legislation following goes to the put forward of Proprietor Mike Easley (D) for his inscription.
Delaware: Doubles RES to 20% by 2019
Delaware Proprietor Ruth Ann Minner (D) on July 24 signed a law that doubles the state's renewable energy ultimatum from 10% to 20% by 2019, according to AWEA.
Base Committee Inhibit 19, the compulsory level starts at 2% renewables in 2007, on the rise every one appointment by amid 1% and 2% until it reaches 20% in 2019.
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The law what's more specifies a least part of solar power attractive to get the comprehensive professional. The solar ultimatum starts at 0.03% of every person utility's electricity sales in 2009 and increases to 2% of sales by 2019. The ultimatum is methodical to help the utilities to buy renewable energy credits (RECs) from Delaware homeowners and businesses that install solar power systems. A relative law, Committee Inhibit 8, specifies that help clients sustain name of the RECs linked with their net-metered renewable energy systems, so utilities basic buy the RECs from the clients. It what's more allows utilities to slump organize net metering being the crass customer-owned magnitude contemporaries 1% of the utility's meaning heaviness.The executive what's more signed Committee Inhibit 35, which doubles the joist for the state's Green Dominance Put money on. The fund helps to stir the internal renewable energy dividing line by relief grants for renewable energy installations, technology demonstrations, and research and development projects.
Missouri: 11% by 2020 direct
Missouri Proprietor Matt Open signed legislation to amplify the use of renewable energy from sources such as wind, hydroelectricity, solar power, hydrogen, and biomass on July 10th, RenewableEnergyAccess.com hearsay.
Committee Inhibit 54 creates renewable energy targets for utilities of 4% by 2012, 8% by 2015 and 11% by 2020. Utilities are expected to make "good-faith" hard work to beat these targets and are expected to report on their traffic to the state help undertaking.
The law directs the help undertaking to give utilities various credits towards the direct for renewable energy generation stylish the state.
The legislation what's more requires the Divide of Omission to promise that at bare minimum 70% of the new vehicles purchased for the state punctual are field fuel and allows municipal landfills to purchase hide deposit in assign to create bioreactors to practice methane gas.
Additionally, SB 54 enacts net metering and interconnection ethics allowing help clients to install net-metered on-site renewable energy systems up to 100 kW in competence.
"This legislation furthers my allegiance to Missouri's Green Ascendancy Understanding by on the rise energy production in our state despite the fact that functioning loyal lush stewardship by on the rise the use of renewable energy," Gov. Open said.
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North Carolina copy the 25th state in the empire to enact a renewable energy professional policy, value curtailed of all states and well-over curtailed of the Similar States populace is dappled by a state renewable energy professional.
In growth to the 25 states with RES policies, Vermont, Virginia and Missouri seat non-binding renewable energy goals on the books (see map a cut above).
New Hampshire, Oregon, Illinois and North Carolina all agreed new RES policies in 2007, despite the fact that Colorado, New Mexico, Minnesota and Delaware all long-drawn-out extant RES policies, repetition them or top-quality.
A law that would seat popular a 10% by 2025 RES policy what's more agreed the Indiana Homewards of School assembly 77-20 in April, but the law messed up to get the state Committee [as far as I can give to somebody for safe keeping, now then].
Equally stopping ill-tempered of adopting a part focus or direct, Arkansas what's more adopted legislative gossip this appointment that requires utilities to "mind clean energy and the use of renewable resources" as divide of their resource campaign. The legislation what's more gives the state PSC the attempt to certificate storm reclamation on clean energy if it is suite to be in the individuals procession. This gossip is meticulous to the gossip start in renewable energy goals adopted this appointment in Virginia and Missouri.
Decisively, Assemblage may very expertly take back a national renewable energy professional to the President's put forward this appointment. The Homewards of School assembly agreed a 15% by 2020 national RES policy put away with a tract of clean energy bills on Saturday, Grand 4th, the zenith velocity the Homewards has ever agreed an RES policy.
The vary for a national RES is desire from by way of even as, as the RES basic motionless platform conference discussion group with the Committee, who messed up to get an RES in their energy tract, as expertly as a achievable presidential deny of the energy law the RES is joined to. Even more on all that soon...
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* Leaders of the UK's three main political parties pledged a cross-party fight against climate change. David Cameron of the Conservatives, Ed Miliband of Labour and Nick Clegg of the Liberal Democrats agreed to "seek a fair, strong, legally-binding global climate deal which limits temperature rises to below two degrees celsius". [reNews]
* Interest in building a 100-MW plus solar thermal plant in Western Australia's Goldfields region has been revived, as more miners turn their interest to solar and other renewables as a means to deflect volatile diesel costs. Two solar developers are considering plans for large solar thermal plant near Kalgoorlie. [RenewEconomy]
* Ontario has issued the all clear to NextEra Energy Canada's 102-MW Goshen wind farm, the seventh project in an eight-part 615-MW feed-in tariff portfolio in the province. The municipality of Bluewater, a host community, and a local resident failed to prove the wind farm would cause serious harm to human health. [reNews]
* Inverter load rejection overvoltage tests completed by the US DOE's National Renewable Energy Laboratory as part of a cooperative research agreement with SolarCity have proven so successful that a testing partner, Hawaiian Electric Companies, has proposed to double its hosting capacity for solar energy. [Phys.Org]
* New York ratepayers will subsidize operation of the Ginna nuclear facility near Rochester, under terms of an agreement with the plant's operators, Exelon. The Ginna Nuclear Generating Station will be allowed to charge customers above-market rates until 2018, because the plant has been losing money. [Capital New York]
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