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Report from the REFF-Wall Street; Themes in Renewable Energy Finance

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The stimulus package is designed to address the recession and in the short term people were anxiously awaiting two key components of the plan: clarification on the details behind “ grants in lieu of tax credits ” and awards of loan guarantees by the DOE from section 1705. Billion vs. $28.3 Billion in 2008). Is tax equity dead?

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Coming Soon – The Electric City

Revenge of the Electric Car

Mr. Kim said the popularity of electric vehicles “will be a function of a lot of different things: the state of the economy, how many people can actually afford to buy the cars and the price of gasoline — how high does it have to be?”.

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Nissan plans to start selling electric car in Seattle next year

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It will seat five, be similar in size to Nissans Versa and Sentra and be affordable to a typical family, he said. "We Google More options INSIDE SEATTLEPI.COM Day in Pictures Performers in Hong Kong and more David Horsey Pup tent Republicans. We think the market is ready. We think the consumers are ready."

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The electric car and grid parity - OregonLive.com

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Oregon cant afford to play that game, or at least not at those levels, but McCabe thinks it remains a serious contender for Norwegian electric car manufacturer Think. Google Facebook COMMENTS (1) Post a comment Posted by tombdragon on 04/21/09 at 12:05AM The Government needs to intervene for our benefit???

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