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Policy, investment and markets News for February 2009
The draft Australian renewable energy target legislation falls short on election promises, says the Australian Clean Energy Council (CEC).
27 February, 2009
The UK Crown Estate plans to match fund option fees paid by developers in order to de-risk and accelerate the development of tidal and wave energy projects in the Pentland Firth Strategic Area.
27 February, 2009
Australian Capital Territory's (ACT) Minister for Energy, Simon Corbell, has released details of Stage 1 of the ACT’s electricity feed-in-tariff (FiT) scheme for households and commercial buildings.
24 February, 2009
Portugal is introducing a special feed-in-tariff (FiT) for small wind turbines and solar photovoltaic (PV) panels with a maximum installed power of 5.75 kW.
23 February, 2009
A national Green New Deal that invests in jobs, carbon-free electricity and innovative green technology is the way to beat the recession, says Lord Chris Smith, Chairman of the UK Environment Agency.
23 February, 2009
After a record year for new installations in 2008, the global wind industry faces greater near-term uncertainty as the deteriorating economic conditions in the USA threaten to dampen growth prospects and wind turbine supply chain investments globally, writes Emerging Energy Research (EER) Research Director Joshua Magee.
23 February, 2009
The New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (BPU) has launched a Renewable Energy Incentive Program for 2009.
20 February, 2009
The US$789 billion economic stimulus bill, which includes provision for renewable energy, has been passed by the US Congress and endorsed by President Barack Obama.
17 February, 2009
The Danish Government will be providing R60 million to support renewable energy projects at local government level in South Africa.
13 February, 2009
The US Departments of Energy (DoE) and the Department of Agriculture (USDA) have announced up to US$25 million in funding for research and development of technologies and processes to produce biofuels, bioenergy, and high-value bio-based products.
12 February, 2009
The electric transmission investments proposed in the Obama administration’s stimulus plan could have a major impact on wind power development in the US, according to Emerging Energy Research (EER).
09 February, 2009
The Solar Electric Power Association (SEPA) has released its Utility Solar Tax Manual, to clarify the solar tax credit changes for the utility and solar industries.
05 February, 2009
Geothermal energy generation in Africa could take a leap forward in 2009 after exploratory studies in Kenya “exceeded all expectations”, according to the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the Global Environment Facility (GEF).
01 February, 2009