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State of the Renewable Energy Finance Markets

2011-08-30T15:33:00.000-07:00

Post-stimulus Financing: Will Renewable Growth Continue? FULL CREDIT TO Renewable Energy World, Elisa WoodOriginal News Source >Will private lenders and investors pick up where government leaves off in a post-stimulus world? LONDON – Money is flowing worldwide for many forms of renewable energy, as the industry presses forward with dramatic growth. CleanEdge reported US$188.1 billion in global

Solar - Approaching Grid Parity Faster Than You Thought

2011-08-02T17:03:00.000-07:00

Solar gets cheap fastby Stephen LaceyFull credit to Climate Progress. There's a joke in the solar industry about when "grid parity" -- the time when solar becomes as cheap as fossil sources -- will happen. Ron Kenedi, the former VP in Sharp Solar's U.S. business liked to throw out random dates, telling me once "November 21, 2012" in jest. The truth is, it will happen in phases -- one market and

Studying Potential Loss of 1603 Cash Grant, 1705 Loan Guarantee, ITC and PTC

2011-05-17T10:55:00.000-07:00

What Happens When the Incentives Expire? By Bruce Hamilton, Director of Energy, Navigant Consulting, Inc., Reproduced from RenewableEnergyWorld.com May 17, 2011 Sacramento, CA, USA -- Wind projects, along with other renewable energy technologies, have benefitted in a variety of ways from federal incentive programs. The Section 1603 cash grant program, the Department of Energy Section 1705

Update on California's Upcoming Utility-Scale Solar Projects from The Desert Sun

2011-04-25T12:03:00.000-07:00

Laura Abram of First Solar holds a photograph with a simulated image of what the terrain near Desert Center will look like after solar panels are placed in the area behind her. Omar Ornelas, The Desert Sun Solar: California's new gold rush Green energy offers the prospect of an economic boon, but some worry the environmental, cultural cost is too high The Desert Sun - Keith Matheny

Clean Energy Spared The Budget Axe - For Now. An Update from Politico

2011-04-17T10:17:00.000-07:00

Alternative energy runs into headwind By DARREN SAMUELSOHN, POLITICO.COM Clean energy technology champions are scrambling to secure the tax breaks. Photo by AP Photo For the renewable energy sector, it’s a wonder either wind or solar power is still standing. Austere budgets and small government have become Capitol Hill credos, and clean energy technology champions are scrambling to secure

Google Invests in BrightSource's 392 MW Ivanpah Solar Project

2011-04-13T12:36:00.000-07:00

Google making big investments in solar energy By: Chris Meehan, Clean Energy Authority.com Apr 13, 2011 Is the search giant on its way to becoming a renewable energy giant? Last week, Google made what sounded like a big investment in solar when it announced that the company bought a 49-percent stake in an 18.4-megawatt photovoltaic farm in Brandenburg, Germany. But yesterday (April 11), it

Futurist: Solar Will Be The Answer

2011-03-11T11:28:00.000-08:00

Futurist Ray Kurzweil isn’t worried about climate change By Lauren Feeney - Full Credit PBS Ray Kurzweil at JavaOne+Develop 2010 in San Francisco. Photo: Flickr/Yuichi Sakuraba Author, inventor and futurist Ray Kurzweil famously and accurately predicted that a computer would beat a man at chess by 1998, that technologies that help spread information would accelerate the collapse of the Soviet

Energy priorities for the 112th Congress (Sen. Jeff Bingaman) - The Hill's Congress Blog

2011-02-08T14:54:00.000-08:00

Energy priorities for the 112th Congress (Sen. Jeff Bingaman) - The Hill's Congress Blog By Sen. Jeff Bingaman (D-N.M.) - 02/01/11 06:56 AM ET Sen. Jeff Bingaman (D-N.M.) gave these remarks Monday at the New Democratic Network and National Energy Policy Institute. At the beginning of this new Congress, it is already becoming clear that energy policy will have a major place on this Congress’

Chadborne & Parke LLP's Project Finance NewsWire January 2011

2011-01-24T13:52:00.000-08:00

Click here for Chadborne & Parke's latest Project Finance Newswire, which we consider to be required reading for clean energy project finance participants. IN THIS ISSUE 1 More Subsidies for US EnergybProjects 8 DOE Loan Guarantee Update 12 California Cap-and-Trade Program Takes Shape 15 California Settlement Settles Old Scores and Charts New Paths for Generators 18 Master Financing Facilities

Solar Thermal vs. PV - A Brief History and Update

2010-10-19T08:43:00.000-07:00

Are Solar Thermal Power Plants Doomed? 4 comments | by: Greentech Media / Seeking Alpha October 18, 2010 | about: ABGOY.PK / AMAT / NRG / SGFRF.PK / SPWRA / TAN / TSRA by Michael Kanellos, Brett Prior Concentrating Solar Power [CSP] is one of our favorite renewable energy technologies, but it might be in serious

SoCal Edison Signs 36 Warehouse Rooftop PV Deals

2010-08-22T01:12:00.000-07:00

July 27, 2010 09:00 AM Eastern Daylight Time Southern California Edison Awards 36 Contracts for Utility-Scale Solar Rooftop Project ROSEMEAD, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Southern California Edison (SCE) awarded 36 contracts to independent power producers for a total of nearly 60 megawatts from

Solar City's Residential Solar Power Solution

2010-06-30T08:07:00.000-07:00

Solar power done cheap SolarCity employees putting panels on a roof in Los Angeles. By Steve Hargreaves, Senior writerJune 28, 2010: 4:28 PM ET FULL CREDIT TO www.CNNMoney.com LOS ANGELES (CNNMoney.com ) -- In a construction van winding through Los Angeles' crowded streets one hot spring morning, 25-year old Tim Morris laid bare his contribution to changing America's dirty, fossil

Update on the Cash Grant and More - Chadbourne & Parke's April Newswire

2010-04-28T15:20:00.000-07:00

Chadbourne & Park's April 2010 Newswire is available here. Again, Chadbourne has provided excellent up-to-date information on matters relating to the clean energy project finance market. In This Issue 1 Strategies for Starting Construction 5 Germany Cuts Solar Subsidy 8 Update: Tax Equity Market 20 Swap Gets Wholesale Generator Into Trouble 22 Tax Credits for Green Manufacturers: Who Will Use

Update on Treasury's Cash Grant Program

2010-04-17T14:40:00.000-07:00

April 16, 2010 Tax Cuts, Renewable Energy Grants Attract Unlikely Allies By JOEL KIRKLAND of ClimateWire, New York TimesThey might seem like strange traveling companions, but solar power companies and chemical manufacturers are riding the same bandwagon to urge Congress and the Obama administration to expand tax cuts and grants for clean energy. The push in the past two days has

Kaiser Permanente Uses PPA Model to Create Distributed Energy

2010-03-30T09:43:00.000-07:00

Kaiser Permanente Launches 15 MW Solar InitiativeBy Leslie Guevarra, Greenbiz.comPublished March 30, 2010 OAKLAND, CA — Kaiser Permanente will install solar power systems totaling 15 megawatts at California facilities in the first wave of renewable energy projects planned by the largest managed care organization in the U.S. Starting in April at a receiving warehouse in the San

EPA Finalizes Changes to Renewable Fuel Standard Program

2010-03-12T13:49:00.000-08:00

Milbank's Renewable Fuel Standard Client Update sheds light on the outlook for biofuels. Special thanks to Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP Introduction The Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) has finalized regulations that update the Renewable Fuel Standard (“RFS”) Program, pursuant to the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (“EISA,” Pub. L. No. 110-140).1 The initial RFS

Evolution of the California Solar Feed-in Tarriff

2010-03-05T14:42:00.000-08:00

State of the California Feed-in Tariff David Niebauer - Cleantech Blog A new, innovative feed-in tariff for small-scale solar development is coming to California. Rather than setting a fixed price in an environment in which technology costs appear to be dropping, the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) has proposed a market-based approach, allowing developers to bid the lowest

BrightSource Lands Federal Loan Guarantee

2010-02-23T08:44:00.000-08:00

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Chadborne & Parke Project Finance Feb 2010 NewsWire

2010-02-04T16:43:00.000-08:00

Chadborne & Parke Project Finance NewsWire contains great up-to-date information on the word of clean energy project finance. Click here to link to the Newswire in PDF form Table of Contents 1 The Year Ahead: What to Expect from Washington 11 DOE Moves on Loan Guarantees 17 Treasury Cash Grant Update 22 Update: M&A Market 28 Update: Tax Equity and Debt Markets 35 Islamic Project Finance:

Copenhagen and The Outlook for Renewables

2009-12-17T18:55:00.000-08:00

December 17, 2009 From Copenhagen: Renewable Energy Gets Boost as Climate Talks Stall by Lauren Poole, Correspondent Copenhagen, Denmark [RenewableEnergyWorld.com] Photo Credit: Warren Gretz In the midst of a turbulent week of demonstrations outside the Climate summit in Copenhagen, in which the police released teargas and

NRG Buys California PV Plant

2009-11-23T16:55:00.000-08:00

NRG acquires 21MW power plant in Blythe, California from First Solar23 November 2009 | By Mark Osborne | News > Power Generation $(document).ready(function(){ $("#block_featured_content").accordion({ autoHeight: false, header: ".ui-accordion-header" }); }); NRG Energy, via its wholly owned subsidiary NRG Solar LLC has bought the yet to be completed solar power plant in Blythe,

First Solar Buys the Carrizo Energy Solar Farm in Central California

2009-11-10T09:11:00.000-08:00

First Solar buys 117 MW project from solar startupWed Nov 4, 2009 8:39pm EST * Solar thermal co Ausra started project in 2007 * Financial terms not disclosed * First Solar says deal to make way for other project LOS ANGELES, Nov 4 (Reuters) - Solar industry bellwether First Solar Inc (FSLR.O: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz) said on Wednesday that it bought a 117 megawatt project in

President Obama Stumps for Solar & Smart Grid at FPL's PV Plant Commissioning

2009-10-30T17:13:00.000-07:00

President Obama joins FPL for commissioning of nation's largest solar PV power plant; announces $200 million in smart grid funding for FPL's 'Energy Smart Florida' ARCADIA, Fla. – President Barack Obama joined FPL Group and Florida Power & Light Company officials today for the commissioning of the largest photovoltaic solar facility in the nation. At FPL’s DeSoto Next Generation Solar Energy

Solar Power International '09 Kicks off - Coverage by Venturebeat.com

2009-10-29T23:53:00.000-07:00

Emboldened by momentum, solar industry asserts rightsOctober 28, 2009 | Camille Ricketts | <a href="http://venturebeat.disqus.com/?url=http://green.venturebeat.com/2009/10/28/emboldened-by-momentum-solar-industry-asserts-rights/">View comments</a>Comments | Solar Power International, the major industry event of the year, is taking place in Anaheim this week and has

Siemens Acquires Solar Thermal Leader Solel for $418 Million

2009-10-21T15:49:00.000-07:00

Siemens acquires Israel’s Solel Solar Financial Times - By Daniel Schäfer in Frankfurt and Fiona Harvey in London Siemens on Thursday said it would take over Israel’s Solel Solar Systems, in a deal that will give Europe’s largest engineering group a leading position in the fledgling market for concentrated solar power. The German industrial conglomerate on Thursday acquired Solel Solar for

Biomethane - A Primer

2009-10-21T14:59:00.000-07:00

October 20, 2009 Biomethane as an Energy Carrier by Thomas R. Blakeslee, Clearlight Foundation for Renewable Energy World.com Methane is a better long-distance energy carrier than electricity. Its storage and transportation

Sempra Acquires Maui Wind Project

2009-10-16T10:49:00.000-07:00

Sempra buys Hawaii wind energy, battery storage project from ShellSempra Energy’s generation unit has acquired Auwahi Wind Energy, a company developing a 22-megawatt wind energy and battery storage project in Maui, Hawaii, from Shell WindEnergy, a subsidiary of Royal Dutch Shell. Related Stories

DOE Announces Loan Guarantee Program for Commercial Projects - FIPP

2009-10-09T15:26:00.000-07:00

Energy Department Announces New Private Sector Partnership to Accelerate Renewable Energy Projects 10/16 Add: Link to Milbank Article Describing the Program New Financial Institutional Partnership Program will accelerate deployment of billions in lending under Recovery Act Source: Department of Energy Website NEWS MEDIA CONTACT: (202) 586-4940 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Wednesday, October 7

GE Comes Out Strongly Against Trade Barriers

2009-10-08T09:57:00.000-07:00

General Electric: Tear Down That Wall! The Green Tariff Wall, That Is By Keith Johnson, Wall Street Journal Embracing protectionism, after a fashion, is shaping up as one way to pass climate legislation and start saving the planet. Wrong move, says General Electric, a company with an obvious and multi-billion dollar interest in keeping trade avenues open, especially when it comes to clean

Treasury Awards Second Round of Recovery Act Grants; +$1 Billion Out Since August

2009-09-22T14:45:00.000-07:00

Clean-Energy Grants: Iberdrola Wins Big, AgainBy Keith Johnson September 22, 2009, 12:50 PM ETWhen it comes to clean-energy grants from the U.S. government, it’s déjà vu all over again. That is, Spain’s Iberdrola was again the big winner in the second round of government grants for wind farms: Iberdrola scooped up $251 million of the $550 million awarded today. The grants cover three Iberdrola

Wind Farm Finance Picks Up

2009-09-02T08:50:00.000-07:00

Wind Farms Set Wall Street Aflutter By RUSSELL GOLD Associated Press A new program offering cash rebates on renewable energy investments is sparking interest in wind farms. A worker atop a windmill in Maine. After nearly a six-month lull, Wall Street is getting back into the business of financing new wind farms.

DOE Loan Guarantee Solicitation

2009-08-11T10:59:00.000-07:00

On August 6, the DOE issued the following solicitation:Click here for link to DOE SolicitationNote page 7: D. Eligible Project In accordance with the definition set forth in Section 609.2 of the Final Regulations, an “Eligible Project” is a project located in the United States that employs a New or Significantly Improved Technology that is NOT a Commercial Technology.Click here for DOE Loan

Solar Thermal Takes Off In Spain

2009-08-06T17:59:00.000-07:00

Wall Street JournalMADRID -- After positioning Spain as the third-largest wind power producer after the U.S. and Germany, renewable energy companies are now racing for a foothold in the country's fast-growing "solar thermal" market. Reuters A worker makes adjustments at an Acciona solar thermal power plant ahead of its inauguration last month in

ITC vs. PTC vs. Cash Grant

2009-07-20T10:56:00.000-07:00

Renewable Project Finance Options: ITC, PTC, or Cash Grant? Norbert Richter, Power Magazine(Click here to review the white paper from The National Renewable Energy LaboratoryDozens of institutional investors in U.S. renewable energy projects pulled out of the market when the nation’s liquidity reserves dried up late last year. Some left the renewable market sector in search of more lucrative

Feds Fast-Track Utility-Scale Solar

2009-07-13T15:56:00.000-07:00

U.S. works to speed solar energy development in the West Interior Secretary Ken Salazar signs an order that sets aside some 676,000 acres of federal land -- more than half in California -- for study and environmental reviews. By Julie Cart - LA TimesJune 30, 2009 Treasury Issues Guidance on Applications for Grants in Lieu of the ITC and the PTC Renewable Energy World, Portland, OR The U.S. Treasury Department today issued much-anticipated guidance concerning applications to receive cash

Government 30% Renewable Energy Grant Clearinghouse

2009-07-09T14:58:00.000-07:00

Today the Department of Treasury released Grant Program Guidance, Terms and Conditions, and a Sample Application form for the renewable energy project Grant made available by way of Section 1603 of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Tax Act of 2009. Treasury is not accepting applications at this time, but has provided the guidance to give developers time to prepare for the commencement of

Renewable Energy Industry Awaits Stimulus Rules

2009-07-08T09:36:00.001-07:00

Renewable Energy's Power OutageStalled Stimulus Programs Deter Investment; 'Artificially Slowed Recovery'By YULIYA CHERNOVAThe U.S. government stimulus package passed in February promised to reinvigorate the renewable-energy industry with new capital and programs, but the prospect of large flows of government money to the industry is holding up private-sector investment.New incentive programs

92 MW Solar Plant & Biomass Plant Announced For New Mexico

2009-06-17T20:37:00.000-07:00

Solar thermal, woody biomass plants coming to New Mexico addthis_pub = 'nmindependent'; By Matthew Reichbach 6/12/09 7:29 AM There were two announcements on Thursday about renewable energy plants coming to New Mexico. Gov. Bill Richardson announced a solar thermal plant which will be built in Santa Teresa, and

Big Wind in San Diego

2009-06-11T10:08:00.000-07:00

Wind-farm project set for Campo reservation 160 megawatts to power 104,000 homes at peak By Onell R. Soto Union-Tribune Staff Writer Subcontractor Keith Phillips walked out of a giant turbine tower on the Campo Indian Reservation. (2006 file photo / Union-Tribune) -

Fuel Cell Success Story in Sonoma

2009-06-11T09:52:00.000-07:00

FuelCell Energy Sells Power Plant In Sonoma County, California June 9, 2009 June 9, 2009 (FinancialWire) — FuelCell Energy, Inc. (NASDAQ: FCEL) has sold a megawatt-class Direct FuelCell(r) (DFC(r)) power plant to California’s Sonoma County to supply 100 percent of the baseload electricity needed to operate a county jail and county office buildings in Santa Rosa. The DFC1500(tm) power plant will

Ethanol Industry Update - Seeking Alpha

2009-06-08T09:08:00.000-07:00

Ethanol Makers Still Trying to Catch a Break from Banks, Debt Holders by: The Burrill Report June 07, 2009 | about stocks: PEIX / VRNM

Solar Trough Push in Australia

2009-05-20T14:02:00.000-07:00

Australia in race for biggest solar plantBy Peter Smith in Sydney Published: May 18 2009 17:31 | Last updated: May 18 2009 17:31 function floatContent(){var paraNum = "5" paraNum = paraNum - 1;var tb = document.getElementById('floating-con');var nl = document.getElementById('floating-target');if(tb.getElementsByTagName("div").length> 0){if (nl.getElementsByTagName("p").length>= paraNum){

New Energy Finance Summit Clips

2009-05-18T16:50:00.000-07:00

Summit 2009 Results New Energy Finance is proud to present highlights and interviews with 18 of our thought leaders and participants at the recent New Energy Finance Summit, held in London in March 2009.These interviews provide a very broad selection of perspectives on the current state of the clean energy markets, ranging from policy issues (Nobuo Tanaka, Executive Director, IEA or Jos

Wind Stimulus - Update

2009-05-18T15:07:00.000-07:00

March 30, 2009 Wobbly wind sector sets sights on stimulus By COLIN SULLIVAN, Greenwire SAN FRANCISCO -- Wind power developers have long relied on complex tax-equity financing to bring most of their projects to market, but that system, once hailed as innovative, has collapsed over the last year, leaving the wind sector flailing for the cash it needs to make generation projects

Nevada Solar One - Clearinghouse

2009-04-20T11:23:00.000-07:00

This is a compilation of links and videos describing Nevada Solar One:First is Acciona's advertisement announcing the opening of Nevada Solar One in 2007. Click here.Click here for the Wikipedia ArticleThe Energy Blog's Nevada Solar One Photos, Write-Up, and DiscussionClick here or read below to review details the financing structure for Nevada Solar OneStructured Leveraged Concentrating Solar

Sempra Develops Nevada PV Project With First Solar

2009-04-16T22:37:00.000-07:00

Sempra is sold on solarCompany expanding Nevada photovoltaic operationsBy Onell R. SotoSTAFF WRITER2:00 a.m. April 16, 2009Sempra Energy unveiled its new solar facility, which uses thin-film technology, outside of Boulder City, Nev. Several measures are being taken to save money in building the facility. (Tiffany Brown / Las Vegas Sun) -Jorge Uribe, a construction supervisor for the project,

Stimulus and the Effects on Renewable Energy Finance

2009-04-09T11:32:00.000-07:00

March 20, 2009 Stimulus seen sowing seeds for renewable energy's revival By NATHANIAL GRONEWOLD, Greenwire (New York Times) NEW YORK -- There are signs that the federal stimulus might be pumping a little life into the alternative-energy industry. Financiers and law firms specializing in renewable energy say they see growing interest in reviving moribund projects and breaking ground

Update on Tax-equity Markets

2009-04-03T20:43:00.000-07:00

Renewable Energy Developers Eye Tax-equity Revival by Cassandra Sweet Dow Jones Newswires Wednesday, March 04, 2009 SAN FRANCISCO (Dow Jones) The financial crisis has opened a void in financing for renewable-energy projects as troubled investment banks have pulled back. The situation has left developers scrambling for funds

Karen Bertram Describess the IES Waste-To-Energy System

2009-03-28T08:53:00.001-07:00

Production Tax Credit (PTC) Status & History

2009-03-23T16:56:00.000-07:00

Production Tax Credit for Renewable Energy In one of the last measures taken by the 110th Congress, critical tax incentives for promoting the development of renewable energy and energy efficiency were extended. The tax incentives were set to expire on December 31, 2008, but due to the efforts of a very diverse coalition that included UCS, they were extended as part

Report from the Renewable Energy World Conference

2009-03-18T09:23:00.001-07:00

March 16, 2009 Optimism Abounds Throughout Renewable Energy Industry Las Vegas, United States [RenewableEnergyWorld.com] Last week the editors at RenewableEnergyWorld.com and Renewable Energy World magazine traveled to Las Vegas to attend the

Earth2Tech's Utility-Scale Solar Map

2009-03-16T20:22:00.000-07:00

Solar Map: More Than 30 Utility-Scale Solar Plants in the U.S. Written by Craig Rubens at Earth2Tech 16 Comments Posted August 27th, 2008 at 5:00 am in Big Green A Look at Wind's Key Players: What's Next in Wind... by David Appleyard, Associate Editor London, UK [Renewable Energy World Magazine]Photo Credit: First Wind As a maturing

L.A. Solar Deal Not Dead

2009-03-09T11:00:00.000-07:00

Renewable Identification Number Credits and the Valero VeraSun Ethanol Deal

2009-03-08T20:45:00.000-07:00

RIN Credits, Ethanol Blending and the 800-pound Gorilla Renewable energy credit prices are on the rise as ethanol blend economics remain poor and the year-end reporting date looms. EPM talks with Clayton McMartin, president of Clean Fuels Clearinghouse, about renewable identification number credits, industry consolidation, and the oil industry’s 800-pound gorilla, Valero Energy Corp., which

US Ethanol Industry Eyes Valero's Bid for VeraSun

2009-03-03T14:17:00.000-08:00

February 24, 2009 US Ethanol Industry Eyes Valero's Bid for VeraSun by Jennifer Kho, Contributor California, United States [RenewableEnergyWorld.com] Just over a year ago, ethanol manufacturer

Energy and The Environment - White House Policy Post

2009-02-23T17:54:00.000-08:00

ENERGY AND THE ENVIRONMENTThe energy challenges our country faces are severe and have gone unaddressed for far too long. Our addiction to foreign oil doesn't just undermine our national security and wreak havoc on our environment -- it cripples our economy and strains the budgets of working families all across America. President Obama and Vice President Biden have a comprehensive plan to invest

Energy Department Scrambling to Spend Stimulus Funds

2009-02-23T17:46:00.001-08:00

Energy Department Scrambling to Spend Stimulus FundsPosted using ShareThisEnergy Secretary Steven Chu on Thursday announced plans to expedited the disbursement of loans and grants to inject stimulus funding into the economy as quickly as possible.“The Department of Energy now has $32.7 billion in grants authority and $130 billion in loan authority to speed up this recovery, and we intend to make

RENEWABLES SCORE LANDMARK VICTORY IN US STIMULUS BILL

2009-02-21T20:06:00.000-08:00

RENEWABLES SCORE LANDMARK VICTORY IN US STIMULUS BILLAmid what feels like a torrent of downbeat global economic news, the US offered a brief ray of sunshine last week with its massive new stimulus legislation. The much haggled-over final bill represented a major victory for US renewables, with the industry receiving nearly everything it wanted and more.The legislation also represented a critical

The US Utility-scale Solar Picture

2009-02-21T16:13:00.000-08:00

The US Utility-scale Solar Pictureby Graham Jesmer, Staff WriterNew Hampshire, United States [RenewableEnergyWorld.com]While the pace of installations of distributed solar systems for homes and businesses has steadily risen over the past few years, utilities have mostly stayed out of the picture. However, that appears to be changing now as more and more utilities are looking at solar energy as

News on the Renewable Energy Grant Program

2009-02-20T16:33:00.000-08:00

Source: Renewable Energy World.comU.S. Stimulus: Boon or Boondoggle for the Solar PV Market?by Glenn Harris, SunCentric IncorporatedWashington, DC, United States [RenewableEnergyWorld.com]We raced through the final version of The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) hoping for dramatic changes that will accelerate the solar electric market and create jobs in the U.S. near term.