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The 2012 Election: It’s All About Energy
Recently, GTM asked how the results of the 2012 election will impact U.S. greentech, but a new poll suggests that question put the horse before the cart. The first question is how greentech will impact the 2012 election. Public Policy Polling (PPP) asked 22,412 likely voters in eight states considered to have the potential to [...]
China: Spending $372B on Energy Conservation
China is spending $372 billion on energy conservation and anti-pollution measures over the next three-and-a-half years, reports Reuters. The measures, meant to reduce China’s dependence on fossil fuels and slow down its carbon emissions, are part of the so-called 12th five-year plan. They will center on energy-efficiency, emissions reduction and recycling projects, says the China [...]
Property Owners Race to Cash in on Commercial Solar Grant
In 2009, the United States federal government converted a 30 percenttax credit for business owners who power their property with solarenergy into a 30 percent treasury grant. What’s the difference? Theproperty owners receive a check reimbursing them for 30 percent of theproject’s cost within 60 days of completing the installation rather than waiting to use [...]
Has China Won the Cleantech Race?
China is emerging as the clear leader in the race for global dominance in the clean tech sector according to a report from the World Watch Institute (WWI). Not only has Beijing pulled ahead of the United States in renewable capacity and investment, this week’smidterm election results will only make it harder for the U.S. [...]
Have We Even Entered The Clean Energy Race Yet?
Will we ever get it? That’s the question I asked myself after reading a Reuters piece on Wednesday, which basically focused in on how pathetically backwards our thinking has become when it comes to clean energy. It pains me to say it, but while the rest of the world moves forwardon a new industrial revolution [...]
China and the Clean Energy Race
Its been busy and its time to playcatchup on some of the work I’ve been doing in recent weeks. Let mestart by republishing a recent conversation I had with Derek Thompson ofThe Atlantic, originally published here. DT: My readers are always asking how climate changelegislation in the U.S. could impact China’s energy policy. In broadstrokes, [...]
2010 American Solar Challenge Underway
The 2010 AmericanSolar Challenge (ASC2010) is officially underway! On Saturday, solar-powered vehicles took off at noon from BrokenArrow, Oklahoma, en route to the Chicago suburb of Naperville. ASC is acompetition where students design, build and drive solar-poweredvehicles in a rally event. This year’s event marks the 20th anniversaryof the ASC. In an effort to promote [...]
America Needs to COMPETE in the Clean Tech Race
Although America once led the global race in clean tech innovationand investment, our country has been slipping behind the rest of theworld for quite some time. Last year, China surpassed the U.S. in cleanenergy investment by an almost two-to-one margin, according to a recent report from The PewCharitable Trusts. The other “Rising Tigers” in Asia [...]
California Solar Boat Race Set for Next Weekend
Seven hundred students from 36 high schools in San Diego, LosAngeles, Orange, Riverside and San Bernardino counties in SouthernCalifornia will drift into Lake Skinner in Temecula, California for theeighth-annual Solar Cup competition, May 14-16. The largest solar-powered boat competition in the U.S., which in previous years has attracted thousands of spectators, features high school studentsbraving [...]