One and a half hours is my usual commute time to my current work place. It takes forty-five miles to get there. During winter storm it takes much, much longer… I certainly have enough time to listen to the Boston Public Radio (WBUR station), and my thoughts usually start with “WHY are we all sitting here?”, slowly moving, wasting fuel, and finally contributing our share to the Global Warming… Good Morning (or Good Night) America on Wheels!
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Last the month, the government rolled out its Cash for Appliances program, which will utilize nearly $300 million from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to fund a rebate program that encourages consumers to purchase ENERGY STAR … …
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Wagle, now the renewable energy grant adviser at the Office of the Secretary U.S. Department of Energy, was previously a venture capitalist at VantagePoint Venture Partners and Expansion Capital Partners. … Gold: The funds are being dispersed too slowly, and are therefore not stimulating the economy. The stimulus has slowed investment into categories such as smart grid, where utilities delayed projects in case tax credits or subsidies were offered by the government at a … …
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“We targeted real money investors, like insurance companies, mutual funds, instead of banks and hedge funds – we directed the transaction away from them,” Petros Christodoulou, the new head of Greece’s debt management office, told the Guardian. ….. The renewable power industry has warned that it needs £500m from the government over the next two years if it is to help ministers meet energy and climate change targets. More than half of the cash is for offshore wind power … …
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Plan outlay for the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy increased by 61 per cent from Rs.620 crore in 2009-10 to Rs.1000 crore in 2010-11. Solar, small hydro and micro power projects at a cost of about Rs.500 crore to be set up in Ladakh … National Clean Energy Fund for funding research and innovative projects in clean energy technologies to be established. One-time grant of Rs.200 crore to the Government of Tamil Nadu towards the cost of installation of a zero liquid … …
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Private investment in the renewable energy sector has helped diversify and grow Michigan’s economy in the last four years, and has helped turn the state into a leader in green energy. … A123 got all these funds from the government yet barely have any contracts – so they’re building a plant in hopes to attract customers. Ok, but is the underlying technology sound? I’d be surprised – it might work for power tools but they have not proven they can make it work in cars. … …
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The site, off the coast near the New and Renewable Energy Centre (Narec) in Blyth, will act as a technology demonstration and development platform for the next generation of large multi-megawatt offshore wind turbines. … Funding is coming from the £950 million Government’s Strategic Investment Fund (SIF). It was created to invest in the UK’s basic capabilities for industrial innovation, job creation and growth in a highly competitive global economy. … …
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THE Rudd Government will announce changes to its renewable energy target – another environmental policy failing because of maladministration. … Would it not have been wiser of the rationalists & their political cohorts to speak the truth by declaring: We have to increase consumption tax a 100% in order to fund the salaries & superannuation of those given PhD’s as an alternative to dole money in order to keep the unemployment rate down in a mechanised world. … …
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We’ve got huge ‘green‘ taxes on fuel, but are they used to develop alternative fuels, or to fund labour’s social engineering ? And if the Tories get in, will they: a) reduce fuel duties; b) use the “green” taxes to develop alternative fuels , … To talk of levies to fund clean coal technology is merely to introduce a red herring, and an unnecessary and expensive red herring at that. The truth is that this government has no energy policy; just an uncoordinated ragbag of … …
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Without renewed investment, production from already mature fields, currently meeting about two-thirds of Britain’s energy needs, will drop to 0.5m barrels a day by the end of the decade, representing only 11% of energy demand. … So-called vulture funds buy the debts of poor countries, usually at a sizeable discount, wait until the government has received debt relief from foreign creditors, and then pursue their share of the debt in courts around the world. … …
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