Green Car Congress

JULY 22, 2009

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. Is tax equity dead? Cap and Trade Disappointment.

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Financing Renewable Stimulus Package Energy 150

Revenge of the Electric Car

FEBRUARY 18, 2010

He predicted that 10 percent of the cars sold would be electric vehicles by 2020. Price and tax incentives need to be worked out. The Energy Department says electric cars produce less of the emissions linked to climate change than traditional vehicles, though how much less depends on the source of power on the local electricity grid.

San Francisco 100

San Francisco Neighborhood Electric Electrical 100

Creative Greenius

MARCH 22, 2009

Seems like a perfect use for some stimulus money, don’t it? We’ve already got AB 811 in place to give us low interest loans for solar we can pay off as property tax assessments , but very few cities have the money to fund the program. And our homes are worth less now and nobody wants to lend us any more.

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Los Angeles Solar Renewable Coal 170

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

Asked when there might be one million electric vehicles on the road that could also feed their battery capacity back into the grid in a two-way exchange, the panelists generally said between 2017 and 2020. February 17, 2009 9:43 am Link No matter how you slice it we need a carbon TAX to accelerate all these important projects.

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Grid Green Electric Cars Cars 47

Creative Greenius

JULY 25, 2009

The treasure chest was cleverly disguised in the form of Federal stimulus money from the ARRA, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. Let’s start off first with the PUC strategic plan, which has a goal of achieving an average 40% energy reduction on every home in California by 2020 – roughly 11 years from now.

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California Green Los Angeles Stimulus Package 170

Creative Greenius

AUGUST 10, 2009

My Greenius vision sees billions of dollars pumped into California in good paying jobs, in new clean energy power production, in new industries, and in all the tax revenue that comes with that growth. And when it comes to a sense of urgency on climate change, well lets just say I saw no physical sign that Ted is out of his coma yet.

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Solar California Climate Change Re-Charge 186