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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By 2020, thin-film solar energy technology is expected to represent about one third of the total solar-photovolatics market, according to a recent European PhotoVoltaic Industry Association analysis.
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Statement of Stephan Dolezalek
VantagePoint Venture Partners, CleanTech Group Leader
Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works
Legislative Hearing on S. 1733, Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act
October 29, 2009
Chairwoman Boxer, Ranking Member Inhofe and Members of the Committee, I am Stephan Dolezalek, Managing Director and CleanTech Group Leader at VantagePoint Venture...
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1366 Technologies, a photovoltaics start-up company based in Massachusetts, won four million dollars in federal funding from the the U.S. Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E).
The first ARPA-E solicitation was extremely competitive with over 3,600 applications from across the country. Evaluations were based on the potential for high impact on ARPA-E’s goals...
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CEC Desert Renewable Energy Projects, Best Management and Guidance Manual
The California Desert and Solar Working Group and the Large-Scale Solar Association have requested an extension of time in which to review and comment on the draft Best Management Practices and Guidance Manual, and the Renewable Energy Action Team has set a new date of...
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Europe plans to triple annual funding for energy research to $11.7 billion in an effort to compete with Japan and the United States, which have both invested vast sums for new energy and technology research, according to the Strategic Energy Technology Plan (SET Plan) by the European Commission reported by Reuters yesterday. Ultimately, the EU will add more than 50 billion euros of new funding for research over the...
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Energy Focus, Inc. (EFOI), a global leader in energy efficient lighting, has sealed the deal on a $3.1 million contract to push the frontiers of high efficiency solar PV technologies with DuPont-University of Delaware’s “Very High Efficiency Solar Cell (VHESC) Consortium” and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA).
“A key part of our vision is to be able...
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State net-metering laws contemplate a range of clean-energy technologies. The specific portfolio of technologies eligible in each state varies, but all 42-states with net-metering laws allow solar photovoltaics and wind-power systems. In addition, most states allow hydro, biomass, solar thermal and fuel cells. The graph included above details the treatment of technologies by all...
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