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Denmark. The US might have one offshore wind turbine soon Yes, that’s ‘turbine’, not ‘turbines.’ Virginia may install one turbine to test things out, assuming the Coast Guard and Army Corps of Engineers approve the project. If installed it will be the first and only offshore wind turbine in the US. Hey, maybe they [...] SharedSolar is installing microgrids powered by solar in areas that previously had no power. Users prepay for their power using text messages on cell phones. “When you go to a place where there’s no electricity and then you switch on the lights, it’s difficult to even explain the impact,” says a SharedSolar engineer. Germany plans to replace their nuclear power plants with renewable energy and will be constructing ginormous offshore wind farms and gigantic new grids. Their country is unified about renewable energy and indeed already is a world leader in installed solar. Meanwhile, back in the USA, Congress just decimated subsidies for renewable energy and we still [...] The wind industry in particular will be adversely affected by the refusal of Congress to extend the Production Tax Credit. In addition, the expired 1603 Treasury grant program for solar and other renewables was not revived. It’s no exaggeration to say that thousands of jobs are now in peril as well as plans for new [...] The tariffs, which are quite low, are based on the amount of subsidies the Chinese companies get from their government. The second tariff, an anti-dumping duty, is coming soon. I guess by that logic, China could put a tariff on products for any US company that gets financial help from our government. China probably will [...] Production Tax Credit for wind power is dead in Senate. This will unquestionably hurt wind farm development going forward. Solyndra blamed for lack of federal clean energy loans. $16 billion in available funding is sitting unused because the government is afraid of another Solyndra. So says the Michigan Public Service Commission, who also notes that renewable energy continues to drop in price. Makani Power is testing innovative airborne wind turbines, which they say eliminates 90% of material in conventional wind turbines. Federal regulators yesterday granted Portland, Maine.-based Ocean Renewable Power Co. a license to install a 300-kilowatt tidal power project in Cobscook Bay, near Eastport, Maine putting it in the running to be the first U.S. company to operate a tidal energy project connected to the power grid [...] |  | ||||
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