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US Departments of Treasury, Energy Announce More Than $3B in Recovery Act Funds for Direct Payments for Renewable Energy Projects

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Funded through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (Recovery Act), the program will provide direct payments in lieu of tax credits in support of an estimated 5,000 biomass, solar, wind, and other types of renewable energy production facilities. This direct payment program allows for an immediate stimulus in local economies.

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

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ACORE is an organization of member companies and institutions that are dedicated to moving renewable energy into the mainstream of America’s economy. As another panelist pointed out, “ The New York Times is well-equipped to write the article about how Stimulus Funds have been wasted ”. Is tax equity dead?

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Greenius Goes All AB 811 Over Green Task Force

Creative Greenius

SBESC's Marilyn Lyon talks about Federal Stimulus Funding / photo (c) Debra Bushweit Galliani. We also learned from Marilyn Lyon that Federal Stimulus money will be coming L.A. All the more reason you should be going solar and produce your own clean, green energy instead of paying the electric company. County Solar Map.

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Plug-in cars: Moving Forward

Plugs and Cars

Veteran automakers, oil companies, and federal and state governments have been both the prime movers and obstacles to plug-in cars in the past and they remain so today. The federal consumer tax credit awaits major automaker cars that can claim them. The open question is what forces will drive the process and therefore at what pace.

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Profile: Farmers Ethanol: Focusing on Sustainable Corn Ethanol Production and a Triple Bottom Line

Green Car Congress

Their company, Farmers’ Ethanol , plans to combine energy and food production within the same facility and by doing so create a business that can survive the wild fluctuations in commodity prices that plague today’s corn ethanol business. Farmers’ Ethanol biorefinery process. Click to enlarge. of Agriculture.

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Coming Soon – The Electric City

Revenge of the Electric Car

In nearby Silicon Valley, companies are ordering workplace charging stations in the belief that their employees will be first in line when electric cars begin arriving in showrooms. Price and tax incentives need to be worked out. Locations must be found for charging stations. And local electrical grids may need reinforcement.

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The Most Powerful Greenius In America

Creative Greenius

Good old, John Bryson, the CEO of Edison International, the parent company of SCE told Thomas Friedman on page 287 of “Hot, Flat, and Crowded &#. “…his company estimates that the average cost of saving a kilowatt-hour through efficiency is 1.7 How powerful will that make you?

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