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Spain's solar market crash offers a cautionary tale about feed-in tariffs
nytimes.com - 8/27/2009
Spain's solar market crash offers a cautionary tale about feed-in tariffs
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Greenwire: For a brief, shining moment, Spain was the best solar market in the world. Unlike in cloudy Germany, the sun bakes Spain's southwestern provinces -- the brown, hard-packed Extremadura and Andalusía -- on the Mediterranean coast. And the Spanish government, eager to fulfill its ...
bloomberg.com - 9/1/2009
Job Losses From Obama Green Stimulus Foreseen in Spanish Study
— bloomberg.com — March 27 (Bloomberg) -- Subsidizing renewable energy in the U.S. may destroy two jobs for every one... created if Spain’s experience with windmills and solar farms is any guide. For every new position that depends on energy price supports, at least 2.2 ... (more) Job Losses From Obama Green Stimulus Foreseen in Spanish ...

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grist.org - 8/31/2009
A tasting of five organic olive oils
— grist.org — by Tom Philpott Yummy, with a chance of drizzles.Homer (the Greek scribe, not the cartoon dork) is... supposed to have declared extra-virgin olive oil “liquid gold.” If by that he meant something to treat as if precious, things have ... (more) A tasting of five organic olive oils

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greentechmedia.com - 8/31/2009
Cal Proposes Feed-In Tariff With a Twist
— greentechmedia.com — The state wants to require utilities to buy renewable power from developers of 1- to 10-megawatt installations.... But regulators won’t set fixed prices. (more) Cal Proposes Feed-In Tariff With a Twist

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Grist - the Latest from Grist:  California proposes new program for 1 GW of renewables

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California proposes new program for 1 GW of renewables
Grist - the Latest from Grist — ... It gets the price right.  Some governments have used standard-offer, fixed price feed-in tariffs to incentivize renewable energy development. The difficulty with this approach is finding the right price.  If the price is set too low, it does not stimulate the desired market activity.  If the price is set too high, ratepayers pay unnecessary costs, suppliers throughout the value chain are not encouraged to reduce prices, and the program can lose political support.  By using a market mechanism to determine the contract price, the CPUC’s program uses ...

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