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Joe Biden Calls Out Paul Ryan On Past Green Stimulus Support
Vice President Joe Biden didn’t hold back his disbelief in last night’s debate against his Republican challenger, Wisconsin Congressman Paul Ryan. Calling Ryan’s comments “malarkey,” Biden smiled incredulously, shook his head, and interrupted with rebuttals throughout the night. Energy didn’t get much play in the debate. But when the topic did come up, it gave [...]
Clean Energy Revolution Highlighted in Time Magzine
Over the past few days, there’s been a lot of talk by leading political figures – speaking in bellwether, “swing states” like Colorado, Nevada, and Iowa – about the Production Tax Credit (PTC) for wind. More broadly, the discussion has revolved around the economic potential for clean energy development in those states, as well as [...]
Long Island Solar Rebate Program Receives Stimulus Funding
Last month the Long Island Power Authorities (LIPA) residential solar rebate program was suspended but thanks to an injection of $8.3 million in federal stimulus money, the program is back in business. The suspension of the program was a result of demand that simplyexhausted LIPAs funding. The $8.3 million in federal stimulus money wasredirected from [...]
When Will MA Solar Stimulus Program Reopen?
The Commonwealth Solar Stimulus program for Massachusetts provides rebate funding for commercial solar installations over 10 kW. Block 1 and Block 2 of this funding both sold out in just a few hours. If you’re interested in a commercial solar installation in Massachusetts, you will have to make the necessary arrangements before the funding is [...]
MA Solar Stimulus Funds 56 Solar Panel Installations
How long does it take for a thriving solar industry to find uses for$4 million? About three hours, it turns out. On Friday, one of two solar rebate programs in Massachusetts opened to applications at 9:00am and closedbefore noon, all of its quarterly-allocated funds having been spokenfor. The Commonwealth Solar Stimulus Program funds solar installationsfor [...]
MA Solar Stimulus Sells Out in Mere Hours (Again)
This morning at 9:00 a.m., Block 2 of the Commonwealth Solar Stimulus Rebate Program opened to applications for $4 million in funding forcommercial solar installations. At just before noon, the MassachusettsClean Energy Center sent around a nice email letting everyone know that all funds have been spoken for and the program is now closed.Executive Director [...]
Stimulus Money Creating Texas Projects
Evolution Solar Corp. — Numerous solar projects in Central Texas aregetting their share of stimulus dollars. More than 290 million dollarsfrom the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 is headed forthe Texas State Energy Conservation Office (SECO). Of that, 52 milliondollars is slated for the Distributed Renewable Energy TechnologyProgram. To date, a little more [...]
Tensions Rise as Stimulus Funding Creates More Green Overseas Jobs
Senators Charles E. Schumer (D-NY), Bob Casey (D-PA), Sherrod Brown(D-OH) and Jon Tester (D-MT) requested that stimulus spending on arenewable energy program is discontinued until restrictions areimplemented ensuring that the grantees of federal funding for theseprojects utilize domestic construction materials. The senators havecited the fact that nearly 80 percent of $2.1 billion in wind energyU.S. [...]
How Green is China’s Stimulus Package?
I had the opportunity to answer this question as a member of a panel discussionat the Center for Strategic & International Studies, a WashingtonDC foreign policy think tank, two weeks ago. The event was held onFebruary 17 to mark the one year anniversary of the American Recoveryand Reinvestment Act, and sought to explore the effectiveness [...]