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greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com - 7/23/2009

Feed-in Tariffs for Solar Continue To Spread

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Variations on the "feed-in tariff" policy that jump-started Germany's boom in rooftop solar systems have spread to Sacramento, as well as to a handful of other places in the United States.

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energybulletin.net - 7/29/2009

A Nation of Farmers: Is Vermont Doing Its Share?

— energybulletin.net — New York state author, blogger , and homesteader Sharon Astyk discusses her new book, A Nation of... Farmers: Defeating the Food Crisis on American Soil . Astyk sees the energy shortages of peak oil hitting us and our food system now, and she argues ... (more) A Nation of Farmers: Is Vermont Doing Its Share?

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theenergycollective.com - 7/21/2009

FTC finds no evidence of illegal activity after investigation of Western New York gasoline prices

— theenergycollective.com — Apparently you just have to know who to ask. Yesterday, the FTC sent me a copy of... the FTC letter to Representative Brian Higgins describing the agency’s investigation of Western New York gasoline prices last fall. (For background see this earlier post and here .) Be aware that here begins a ... (more) FTC finds no evidence of illegal activity after ...

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Spread of ‘Feed-in Tariffs’ Will Boost U.S. Renewable Energy Use
Yale Environment 360 — A popular consumer program that has helped catalyze Germany’s solar-power boom is beginning to spread throughout the United States. The policy, known as feed-in tariffs, offers homeowners and other small-scale producers of renewable energy favorable long-term contracts — often above market rates — when they sell electricity to the central power grid. The New York Times reports that Washington state, Vermont, and cities such as Sacramento, Calif. and Gainesville, Fla. have all adopted feed-in tariff programs. The program approved by the ...

Energy and Global Warming News for July 23rd, 2009: Industry lines up behind bold concentrated solar power project in hopes politicians will follow
Climate Progress — ... lights on the interchange. Massachusetts recently announced a plan to install a utility-scale wind turbine – big enough to power 400 households – on land adjacent to the Massachusetts Turnpike’s Blandford Rest Area. Researchers and designers are also toying with ways to generate power along roads, including the use of piezoelectric materials, energy producing speed bumps and integrating wind turbines into road barriers. Feed-in Tariffs for Solar Continue To Spread Variations on the policy ...