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Israel to set up feed-in tariff for residential and small industrial PV systems
Israel’s Minister of National Infrastructure (MNI) has authorized theministry’s new policy for up to 50kW size PV installations forresidential and small industrial installations. This is part of apolicy memorandum that will integrate Renewable energy into Israel’senergy production. A feed-in-tariff will be set by the IsraeliPublic Utilities Authority and energy companies all hoping the processwill be [...]
Obama Renews His Commitments to Clean Energy and Small Business
Inhis State of the Union address, President Obama indicated that he willcontinue to pursue a comprehensive energy and climate bill as well asprovide relief for small business. The President showedleadership by not bowing to political expediency and playing it safe asmany had predicted. Despite its unpopularity, he mentioned clean energymore than half a dozen times [...]
Solar Bus Stop by Johann Paquelier
Oneof the best ways to lower your carbon footprint is to make use ofpublic transport. It might sound easy, but many believe that waitingfor a bus is the hardest thing to do after a rough day at work.Industrial designer Johann Paquelier has tried to make your waitcomfortable and illuminated under a sustainable shelter. Thecost-efficient bus [...]
Another Scramble for DOE Financing
Good news for small companies working on bringing advanced solarenergy technologies to market! This past Thursday, Secretary of EnergySteven Chu announced that the stimulus bill would funnel over $37million to the Department of Energy’s Small Business Innovation Research(SBIR) and the Small Business Technology Transfer (SBTT) programs. The gesture shows that the federal government is really willing [...]
SolarCity Introduces Power Purchase Agreement Program For Small PV Systems
SolarCity has unveiled a power purchase agreement (PPA) offeringdesigned to allow small- and medium-sized businesses, churches andschools to adopt solar power for no money down and pay less than theypreviously paid for electricity. The SolarCity PPA allowsorganizations to lock in predictable electricity rates to protectthemselves from rising energy costs, says SolarCity. Under the PPA, thecompany [...]
Italians See Solar Microgeneration Projects As Sound Investment
As Margaret has pointed out here, the benefits of harnessing solar power for an urban environment are many. This WSJ articleprovides an example of the advantages of solar microgeneration from theother side of the world—in Italy, a rapidly expanding solar market withplenty of sun to spare. In order to lessen the pain of high energycosts, [...]
Solar Boombox
Forthose who want to keep themselves entertained when in a park, withoutspending a lot on expensive batteries that aren’t just difficult tocarry but harm the environment as well, Instructables has a great DIYthat allows you to create a boombox by spending not more than $75 onit. TheDIY boombox is based on the use of cheap [...]