Can simple government programs effectively promote voluntary initiatives to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions? This paper by Matthew J. Kotchen provides an evaluation of how the Connecticut Clean Energy Communities program affects household decisions to voluntarily purchase “green” electricity, which is electricity generated from renewable sources of energy. The results suggest that, within participating communities, subsidizing municipal...
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Renewable Energy Certificate (REC) market is poised for continued growth in the coming years. REC sales in the compliance market alone will increase more than 50 percent by 2015, reaching 179 million megawatt hour (MWh), according to a new report from Pike Research. In a forecast scenario that includes passage of a federal Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS), the report predicts...
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A new report on technology transfer, “Advancing technology transfer for climate change mitigation,” examines the international governance of technology transfer, the performance of different instruments in delivering new technologies and proposals aiming at increased technology transfer. The study also examines a number of critical conditions for technology oriented treaties that can effectively promote technology...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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