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Berkeley study finds renewable portfolio standards insufficient to meet 2030 GHG emission targets; new policy required

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Pie charts show the proportion of different types of energy sources generating power and flowing between load areas if there were a carbon tax of $70 per ton. To meet these carbon goals, coal has to go away from the region. Click to enlarge. Their paper is in press in the journal Energy Policy. —Daniel Kammen.

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Obama gives $2.4bn Jump Start To Battery Makers

Revenge of the Electric Car

During a visit to Southern California Edison’s Pomona EV test facility, he launched a $2.4 Obama At A Town Hall Meeting in Los Angeles, California - March 19, 2009. billion competitive grant program for US battery makers. Photos: Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times. .&# The new $2.4-billion The new $2.4-billion

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

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Dr. Don Paul is the Executive Director, University of Southern California Energy Institute and a former vice president and chief technology officer of Chevron. Is tax equity dead? Within the US electric power sector the biggest question was whether the Production Tax Credits (PTC) were going to be extended beyond 2008.

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Solar Smackdown in Torrance – Installer Sues City on Behalf of the Sun

Creative Greenius

He’s tried the sugar and honey approach for ten years but instead of catching flies he’s caught hassles and obstructions from local Southern California city officials who haven’t kept up with modern technology and remain both ignorant and adversarial when it comes to helping their citizens go solar. “ Idiots !

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Canada Pays $85 Billion Higher Social Carbon Price Than Oil & Gas Revenues

CleanTechnica EVs

Our children and their children and their children's children will be paying that price.

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2022—The Year the Hydrogen Economy Launched?

Cars That Think

The other is that the hydrogen provisions are technology-neutral, meaning that there is no distinction between hydrogen produced by electrolysis with electricity from, for example, a wind farm or a nuclear power plant. That, in addition to the PTC [production tax credit], is what has me most excited.” At the lowest emission rate—0.45

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Using the PHEV (Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicle) to Transition Society Seamlessly and Profitably From Fossil Fuel to 100% Renewable Energy

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It offers the solution to several significant transitions we need: moving society from burning fossil fuels to substituting renewable resource fuels such as solar, wind and biofuels; and from using fossil materials as fuel to using them for other recyclable uses. Distributed Solar and Wind with the PHEV. It is much more than that.

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