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President Obama Replies to My Letter about Energy
A few weeks ago, I wrote to the President urging him to make North America more energy self-sufficient and to promote common-sense regulatory controls for all forms of energy in our hemisphere – while at the same time continuing to encourage both sustainable energy projects and responsible energy use. I was pleased to receive an [...]
White House Hosts Renewable Energy Financing Seminar
The U.S. Department of Energy (DoE) hosted a renewable energy tax equity seminar recently at the White House. The seminar was designed to promote private sector investment in tax equity partnerships for solar, wind and other renewable energy projects. Since the 2008 economic crisis, financing available for renewable energy projects has been limited as the [...]
Politics and Alternative Energy
We usually don’t like the idea of mixing politics and business, but this cannot be ignored. There is a stark contrast in viewpoints the presumptive Republican and Democratic Presidential nominees are taking toward alternative energy. President Obama is making alternative energy one of the central tenets of his domestic agenda. Governor Romney, on the other [...]
The Green Button
Can Green Button, the emerging energy data standard for U.S. households, find a home in the commercial buildings sector? It looks like major grid players like Schneider Electric, Itron and Oracle, as well as startups like FirstFuel, plan to find out. Those are among the smart grid companies announcing their support for the Green Button [...]
Obama to Support Attack on Chinese Solar
American solar manufacturers have asked President Obama to impose massive taxes on China’s solar panels because they allege the Chinese government heavily subsidizes production and dumps them into the United States at prices so low they’re almost impossible to compete with. We got word today that Obama is planning on supporting these manufacturers. This case, [...]
‘EV-Everywhere’ Launched by President Obama
As a long-term answer to rising gas prices, President Obama launched EV-Everywhere, a challenge to developers to create electric vehicles (EVs) that cost less than today’s gas-powered cars within a decade. The goal is for the US to be the first in the world to produce a 5-passenger affordable American-made EV that has a payback period of under 5 [...]
Obama: Permanent Renewable Energy Tax Breaks Must Happen
One important element in President Obama’s corporate tax reform plan is that he would make the renewable energy production tax credit (PTC) permanent. The reform plan says that providing only temporary tax breaks has led to instability and uncertainty in renewable energy industries and their investors, preventing growth. “This approach has created an uncertain investment climate, undermined the effectiveness [...]
Why The Green Economy Works Right Now
The green economy offers a powerful solution to both a warming planet and economic volatility. There are a host of political and economic crises in the world today. The Eurozone crisis is expected to be followed by a European recession. In China we are seeing strong evidence of a slowdown and many are calling for [...]
Renewable Energy Production Up 27% Under Obama
Since President Obama entered office three years ago, renewable energy production in the US has climbed 26.9%, according to the Energy Information Agency’s (EIA) latest “Monthly Energy Review.” For the three years ending November 30, 2011, domestic oil production has also risen, by 13.7%, natural gas production grew 13.4%, nuclear power decreased by 2.8% and [...]