Tag: business
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Failure to Pass Tax Credit Creates Uncertainty for Wind Industry
By Ryan Koronowski The U.S. House of Representatives has already gone on vacation back to their districts and the Senate effectively adjourned for 2013 on Friday, meaning that the one-year extension of the Wind Production Tax Credit (PTC) will expire on Jan. 1, 2014. The PTC is a $0.022 per kilowatt-hour tax credit on the power that new wind…
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Solar Cost Reduction Goal Way Ahead of Schedule
Less than three years in, the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) solar cost reduction initiative has risen far above expectations. The DOE announced the SunShot Initiative in February 2011 with the goal of encouraging a price drop for utility scale installations by 75 percent by 2020. So far, the federal department has achieved about 60 percent.…
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Brooklyn Whole Foods Wows With Solar, Wind, EV Chargers, Greenhouse and More
The outside of the newly opened Whole Foods on Brooklyn, NY’s Gowanus Canal contains more examples of renewable energy and efficiency than some companies have throughout their entire operations. Solar and wind energy work together to completely power two Skypump electric vehicle charging stations and 19 LED streetlights. The Sanya SLSTM streetlights, by New York, NY-based Urban…
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6 Ways Efficiency Programs Saved Californians $850 Million in Just 2 Years
By Lara Ettenson As 2013 draws to a close, it’s a good time to highlight how California is trying new ways to help homeowners, businesses, governments, and industries cut energy waste while continuing a 40-year record of energy efficiency success. The state’s four largest privately owned and nearly 40 publicly owned utilities (with the help of…
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Video: EV Charging Etiquette
It probably wasn’t easy learning what to do and—more importantly—what not to do at the first U.S. gas stations in the early 1900s, but we eventually found our way. You have to imagine the same will happen at electric vehicle (EV) charging stations. Sure, EV owners have chargers at home, but retailers have already begun…