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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. Costs are also falling due to classic economics.

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Germany Launches H2 Mobility Initiative to Expand Infrastructure for Refueling Hydrogen Vehicles

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This will take place within the framework of the German economic stimulus package (Konjunkturpaket II) and other national and state programs to jointly address standardization and cost reduction issues. In Phase One partners intend to leverage plans to install new hydrogen fuelling stations by 2011.

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Coming Soon – The Electric City

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Much of the attention on electric cars has been on the vehicles’ design, cost and performance. will lead a “smart charging” pilot project, connecting 200 cars to special charging stations that let utilities control the electrical demand at a given moment. They cost drivers on average only 2.5 And later this year P.G.&E.