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

Green Car Congress

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). chance of default. Five months ago.

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The Most Powerful Greenius In America

Creative Greenius

I learned all bout this in Joe Romm’s great book, “Hell and High Water&# (c) 2007). But now all of you can do the same things I did, and you’ll soon be able to get some government stimulus money to use instead of the savings you no longer have. Not when we can take such simple, easy steps to fight back instead.

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The Solangelist’s Vision Shines Brighter

Creative Greenius

Seems like a perfect use for some stimulus money, don’t it? That’s more like a head butt than a face slap… Personally I vote for Al Gore’s plan for generating 100% of our nationwide electric from renewable energy as he offered it last summer. 2007 USA electric energy fuel mix.

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Electric Cars and a Smarter Grid - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Unfortunately, there is very little specific funding for wireless transmission in the stimulus bill that was just signed by the USA President. I personally wouldn’t count on the “Big Three&# actually implementing any of these new technologies in the near future. In fact, almost none at all. — Mark - Dallas 25.

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Cleantech Blog: Smart Grids and Electric Vehicles

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

The Three Prongs of the “Green&# Energy Stimulus Pa. The Smart Grid Consortium, established in December 2007 by Xcel Energy, will select a community of approximately 100,000 residents to become a Smart Grid City using V2G. The Appraisal 2010 Prius Delivers Record Mileage and Accelerates. 2) Chevy Volt (2) China (2) ECOD3.SA

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Superstars of AB 811 Rock Palm Desert @ EcoMotion Conference

Creative Greenius

He’s been on the ground running the City of Palm Desert’s Energy Independence Program since it launched as the Set To Save program in January of 2007 and he’s got his city on track to save the 30% of electricity and natural gas he’s in charge of reducing by 2011. I wish he had twice the amount of time allotted.