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

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Green Car Congress attended the Renewable Energy Finance Forum - Wall Street (REFF-Wall Street) conference (23-24 June) sponsored by Euromoney Energy Events and the American Council on Renewable Energy (ACORE). Dr. Paul addressed a positive change—the days of increasing US oil consumption may be over. “ by Bill Cooke. Billion vs. $28.3

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Honda May Develop Plug-In as Obama Alters U.S. Policy (Update2) - Bloomberg.com

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from its reliance on imported oil. Tax Credits Instead, Obama backed tax credits of as much as $7,500 inthe stimulus package approved in February for buyers of plug-incars. Oil prices are going to go up. We will have packages that will be verycompetitive at that time.” Bush in 2003 committed$1.2

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

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Financing challenges. All of this makes for a very difficult time to get financing for a new facility. In the world of project finance, quality means management teams with strong track records, proven technologies, deep pockets and secure, long term agreements on the project’s inputs and outputs. Earlier post.). million dollars.