policy
Created on Wednesday, 27 February 2013 / Industry News
Tags: Bipartisan Policy Center, energy policy, BPC, renewable energy, ARPA-E, EPA, clean energy, energy efficiency
February 27 -- The Bipartisan Policy Center (BPC) today unveiled over 50 energy policy recommendations developed by its Strategic Energy Policy Initiative, which is co-chaired by former Sen. Byron ... [ +++ ]
February 27 -- The Bipartisan Policy Center (BPC) today unveiled over 50 energy policy recommendations developed by its Strategic Energy Policy Initiative, which is co-chaired by former Sen. Byron ... [ +++ ]
Created on Monday, 25 February 2013 / Industry News
Tags: Renewable Energy Policy, Federal Renewable Standard, Renewable Portfolio Standard, RPS
February 25 -- The Obama administration and Congress need to enact an ambitious, practical energy policy. They can start with a national standard for renewable energy. Many states have laws that require ... [ +++ ]
February 25 -- The Obama administration and Congress need to enact an ambitious, practical energy policy. They can start with a national standard for renewable energy. Many states have laws that require ... [ +++ ]
Created on Friday, 22 February 2013 / Industry News
Tags: clean energy, carbon standard, policy, poll, renewable energy
February 22 -- Evidence of a striking shift in public opinion has begun to crystalize over the last few months: Poll after poll is finding staunch majorities of Americans view global warming as a “serious ... [ +++ ]
February 22 -- Evidence of a striking shift in public opinion has begun to crystalize over the last few months: Poll after poll is finding staunch majorities of Americans view global warming as a “serious ... [ +++ ]
Created on Thursday, 21 February 2013 / Industry News
Tags: Renewable Energy Portfolio Standards, Renewable Energy Policy, RPS, Nevada, Harry Reid
February 21 -- U.S. Sen. Harry Reid called on Nevada lawmakers to tighten the state's renewable energy standards in a wide-ranging speech Wednesday. >>View Article [ +++ ]
February 21 -- U.S. Sen. Harry Reid called on Nevada lawmakers to tighten the state's renewable energy standards in a wide-ranging speech Wednesday. >>View Article [ +++ ]
Created on Wednesday, 20 February 2013 / Industry News
Tags: Steven Chu, sequestration, clean jobs, DOE, policy, RE jobs
February 20 -- DOE Secretary Steven Chu warns that sequestration would put thousands of people out of work, kill important research projects, and make the grid less secure. >>View Article [ +++ ]
February 20 -- DOE Secretary Steven Chu warns that sequestration would put thousands of people out of work, kill important research projects, and make the grid less secure. >>View Article [ +++ ]
Created on Friday, 15 February 2013 / Industry News
Tags: Texas, Austin, San Antonio, solar power, solar energy, state policy, clean energy
February 15 -- San Antonio and Austin are using their municipal power companies to push solar electricity generation, and other Texas cities should support state policies boosting solar power, Austin-based ... [ +++ ]
February 15 -- San Antonio and Austin are using their municipal power companies to push solar electricity generation, and other Texas cities should support state policies boosting solar power, Austin-based ... [ +++ ]
Created on Thursday, 14 February 2013 / Industry News
Tags: Hydropower, Renewable Energy Policy, National Hydropower Association, Hydropower Regulatory Efficiency Act
February 14 -- The House unanimously approved a bill 422-0 Wednesday that would remove barriers for small hydropower development and could eventually expedite permitting for other hydropower projects. ... [ +++ ]
February 14 -- The House unanimously approved a bill 422-0 Wednesday that would remove barriers for small hydropower development and could eventually expedite permitting for other hydropower projects. ... [ +++ ]
Created on Thursday, 14 February 2013 / Industry News
Tags: Solar Energy, Energy Policy, State of the Union, President Obama, SEIA
February 14 -- Rhone Resch, of the Solar Energy Industries Association sees a robust clean-energy industry as important to America's future. Here is what he said about the State of the Union address. >>View ... [ +++ ]
February 14 -- Rhone Resch, of the Solar Energy Industries Association sees a robust clean-energy industry as important to America's future. Here is what he said about the State of the Union address. >>View ... [ +++ ]
Created on Thursday, 14 February 2013 / Industry News
Tags: Wind Energy, President Obama, State of the Union, Federal Tax Credits, Energy Policy, First Wind
February 14 -- First Wind, a renewable energy company headquartered in Boston, commended President Obama for the clean energy vision outlined in his State of the Union address and called for policies that ... [ +++ ]
February 14 -- First Wind, a renewable energy company headquartered in Boston, commended President Obama for the clean energy vision outlined in his State of the Union address and called for policies that ... [ +++ ]
Created on Wednesday, 13 February 2013 / Industry News
Tags: State of the Union, President Obama, alternative fuels, renewable fuel, renewable energy, energy policy
February 13 -- President Obama proposed a program in Tuesday's State of the Union address that would divert some revenues from federal oil-and-gas drilling into research for alternative fuel technology. ... [ +++ ]
February 13 -- President Obama proposed a program in Tuesday's State of the Union address that would divert some revenues from federal oil-and-gas drilling into research for alternative fuel technology. ... [ +++ ]
Created on Tuesday, 12 February 2013 / Industry News
Tags: Renewable Energy Policy, Renewable Energy Standards, RPS, National Energy Policy, National Renewable Energy Goal, Tax Credits
February 12 -- The U.S. clean energy economy needs national policy to innovate, manufacture, and compete globally. While the global clean energy marketplace is expanding rapidly, the competitive position ... [ +++ ]
February 12 -- The U.S. clean energy economy needs national policy to innovate, manufacture, and compete globally. While the global clean energy marketplace is expanding rapidly, the competitive position ... [ +++ ]
Created on Monday, 11 February 2013 / Industry News
Tags: Renewable Energy Policy, Renewable Fuel Standard, Lisa Murkowski, Senate Committee on Energy & Natural Resources, Biomass, Biopower, Alternative Fuels
February 11 -- On Feb. 4, Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, ranking member of the Senate Committee on Energy & Natural Resources, released an energy blueprint that calls for a wide variety of changes ... [ +++ ]
February 11 -- On Feb. 4, Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, ranking member of the Senate Committee on Energy & Natural Resources, released an energy blueprint that calls for a wide variety of changes ... [ +++ ]
Created on Monday, 11 February 2013 / Industry News
Tags: Renewable Energy Finance, Market Trends, Renewable Energy Policy
February 11 -- The president of the American Council On Renewable Energy, Retired Vice Admiral Dennis McGinn, discusses where renewables are headed, and how to pay for projects. >>View Article ... [ +++ ]
February 11 -- The president of the American Council On Renewable Energy, Retired Vice Admiral Dennis McGinn, discusses where renewables are headed, and how to pay for projects. >>View Article ... [ +++ ]
Created on Monday, 11 February 2013 / Industry News
Tags: Solar Power, Germany, Alaska, feed-in tariffs, Renewable Energy Policy, National Renewable Energy Laboratory
February 11th -- Germany doesn’t get an enormous amount of sunlight, relatively speaking. Its annual solar resources are roughly comparable to Alaska’s. Just about every single region in the continental ... [ +++ ]
February 11th -- Germany doesn’t get an enormous amount of sunlight, relatively speaking. Its annual solar resources are roughly comparable to Alaska’s. Just about every single region in the continental ... [ +++ ]
Created on Friday, 08 February 2013 / Industry News
Tags: Sharon Burke, department of defense, energy security, national security, clean energy, renewable energy, military, ACORE policy forum
February 8 -- Sharon E. Burke, the assistant secretary of defense for Operational Energy Plans and Programs, told industry partners and congressional leaders at the American Council on Renewable Energy's ... [ +++ ]
February 8 -- Sharon E. Burke, the assistant secretary of defense for Operational Energy Plans and Programs, told industry partners and congressional leaders at the American Council on Renewable Energy's ... [ +++ ]
Created on Friday, 08 February 2013 / Industry News
Tags: Senator Murkowski, energy policy, clean energy, national energy plan, policy
February 8 -- The Alaska senator's "all of the above" plan calls for the continued domestic development of nearly every source of energy - including oil, gas, coal, nuclear, wind, solar and hydropower. ... [ +++ ]
February 8 -- The Alaska senator's "all of the above" plan calls for the continued domestic development of nearly every source of energy - including oil, gas, coal, nuclear, wind, solar and hydropower. ... [ +++ ]
Created on Friday, 08 February 2013 / Industry News
Tags: RFS, biofuels, alternative fuels, renewable energy, clean energy market, policy
February 8 -- The RFS provides industry with a predictable market signal, rewards innovation and investment in the development of new renewable fuel technologies, the steady improvement of their environmental ... [ +++ ]
February 8 -- The RFS provides industry with a predictable market signal, rewards innovation and investment in the development of new renewable fuel technologies, the steady improvement of their environmental ... [ +++ ]
Created on Thursday, 31 January 2013 / Industry News
Tags: RPS, policy, ALEC, AWEA, SEIA, renewable energy policy, state policy
January 31 -- Solar and wind energy trade groups have quit the conservative American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) over its bid to scuttle state-based green electricity mandates, according to a published ... [ +++ ]
January 31 -- Solar and wind energy trade groups have quit the conservative American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) over its bid to scuttle state-based green electricity mandates, according to a published ... [ +++ ]
Created on Thursday, 24 January 2013 / Industry News
Tags: DOE, Department of Energy, energy policy, Steven Chu, EPA, DOI
January 24 -- Despite its namesake, there are other agencies that are actually more influential over America's energy industry than the Department of Energy, and they will be at the center of how the Obama ... [ +++ ]
January 24 -- Despite its namesake, there are other agencies that are actually more influential over America's energy industry than the Department of Energy, and they will be at the center of how the Obama ... [ +++ ]
Created on Tuesday, 15 January 2013 / Industry News
Tags: Virginia, renewable energy law, renewable energy, clean energy, energy policy, state incentives, Dominion Power
January 15 -- An environmental group reports that Dominion Virginia Power has reached a tentative agreement with Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli on the state’s renewable energy law. >>View Article ... [ +++ ]
January 15 -- An environmental group reports that Dominion Virginia Power has reached a tentative agreement with Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli on the state’s renewable energy law. >>View Article ... [ +++ ]
