The national government of India has added new measures to funding support for solar energy. The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy will administer an enlarged national green energy fund, designed to support the National Solar Mission (NSM)—a series of feed-in tariffs designed to ensure 20 GW of solar capacity is installed on the...
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America’s New Energy R&D Strategy
Statement by Dr. Robert Marlay
U.S. Department of Energy
With the recent administration change and economic downturn, the US priorities in energy, environment, science, and the economy have been altered or strengthened. The current baseline goal is to reduce GHG emissions by 80 percent by 2050. Within ten years, the US plans...
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The domestic wind-power industry in the United States shattered all previous records by adding nearly 10,000 megawatts of generating capacity last year, according to a recent report by the American Wind Energy Association.
Wind power is now competing closely with natural gas as the leading source of new electricity generation for the country. Collectively, wind...
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The findings of a two-and-a-half year technical study of future high-penetration wind scenarios were released today by the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) . The study assessed the economic, operational, and technical implications of shifting 20 percent or more of the Eastern Interconnection’s electrical load to wind energy by the...
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Biofuels present both opportunity and costs. They offer the opportunity to reduce imported oil dependence and improve the environment. On the other hand, the costs include high food prices, indirect carbon emissions and biodiversity loss. In many tropical developing countries, biofuels represent an opportunity to progress toward industrialization and export-led growth. Policies adopted by...
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Last week, West Virginia Governor signed a bill relating to the state’s Alternative and Renewable Energy Portfolio Act (AREP), House Bill 408D. The bill includes provisions for the establishment of a REC tracking system.
The bill requires the Public Service Commission to establish a system of tradable credits to verify and monitor the generation and...
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The U.S Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) is offering a second round of grants for innovative energy research projects that accelerate innovation in biofuels, electric vehicle batteries and carbon-capture technologies.
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International pursuit of low carbon policies has the potential to create 20 million jobs between now and 2020 in low-carbon energy in eight of the world’s leading economies, according to a new study published today.
“This report shows that the 93 heads of state meeting in Copenhagen don’t have to make a choice between jumpstarting...
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