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Suspension of Massive Offshore Wind Project
a Market Indicator

“An analysis of current conditions indicates that a viable commercial market in the United States is still farther out, as much as three or four years away, at the earliest,” the companies said, making further investment impractical.

9May2012 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Robust Transmission Investment Planned
for U.S. Grid

Edison Electric Institute reports its member utility companies plan to invest at least $64 billion on expected transmission system improvements through 2022. This investment will follow the roughly $77 billion that member companies poured into grid improvements over the last decade.

2May2012 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Clean Energy Investment At Its Lowest Since
Q1 of 2009

“The weak Q1 2012 number reflects the destabilizing uncertainty over future clean energy support in both the European Union - driven by the financial crisis - and the U.S. - driven by the expiry of stimulus programs and the electoral cycle,” explains Michael Liebreich, CEO of BNEF

24Apr2012 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Performance-Based Incentives: The New Face
of Residential Solar

Home solar PV is an investment that carries the potential for risk and reward and it relies upon future factors. The economic viability of a system depends largely upon which Solar*Rewards Step a participant purchases under and how much Xcel Energy’s electricity prices change.

27Feb2012 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Bennet, Moran Make Bipartisan Push to Extend Wind Energy Tax Credit

The Colorado and Kansas U.S. Senators have filed an amendment that would extend the wind energy production tax credit (PTC) for one year to a bill currently under debate in the U.S. Senate. The extension of the wind PTC is fully paid for. Senator Mark Udall (D-CO) is a cosponsor of the amendment.

21Feb2012 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Incubator Program Expands Reach

DOE is accepting proposals for the seventh round
of the SunShot Incubator program, which jumpstarted Colorado-based Primestar now owned by GE. Construction is underway for a $600 million plant in Aurora to commercially produce the company’s NREL-based cadmium telluride solar technology.

14Feb2012 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Members of Colorado Delegation Push for Extension of Wind Tax Credit

Seven members of the Colorado Congressional Delegation called on a congressional conference committee to extend the wind energy production tax credit (PTC) as part of the payroll tax extension. The wind PTC has helped drive substantial economic growth in Colorado

8Feb2012 | admin | 1 comment | Continued
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Army’s Largest Renewables Project Part of $61 Million in Energy Contracts

At Fort Carson, the Army partnered with a local energy provider to build a photovoltaic solar array on top of a closed landfill. The White Sands Missile Range project in New Mexico will provide the Army with 4.44-megawatts of installed photovoltaic capacity, saving 10 million kilowatt hours of electricity annually.

6Feb2012 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Private Sector Players Stepping Up Pace of Clean Energy Investments

In another expression of confidence in the viability of US clean energy markets and industry, MidAmerican Energy Holdings, a subsidiary of Warren Buffet’s Berkshire Hathaway, said it’s establishing a new business that will oversee its growing portfolio of wind, geothermal, solar and hydro projects.

1Feb2012 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Vestas Urges Extension of U.S. Production Tax Credit to Preserve Thousands Of American Jobs

“An extension of the PTC is necessary for the continued employment of the 80,000 people working in the U.S. wind industry,” said Wyrsch, who leads the North American arm of Vestas Wind Systems, which has several manufacturing plants in Colorado.

15Dec2011 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Broad Coalition Wants Extension of Wind
Production Tax

The nonpartisan coalition of 369 members, including manufacturing, farm and business interests, has issued a letter endorsing a four year extension to wind energy’s key federal tax incentive, the Production Tax Credit. The thrust of the letter echoes the concern expressed by Vestas Wind Systems’ CEO in recent comments.

27Nov2011 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Without PTC Extension, U.S. Wind Power Market May ‘Fall Off a Cliff,’ Warns Vestas CEO

The production tax credit provides an incentive of 2.2 cents a kilowatt-hour for electricity from wind applied to operators’ tax bills. In the past, the termination of such policies has shown markets can “disappear,” Engel told Bloomberg.

21Nov2011 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Top 5 Things Cleantech Entrepreneurs Fail to Understand About Raising Venture Capital

Compared to traditional VC investment ecosystems, cleantech companies are much more likely to be led by first-time entrepreneurs who often struggle to create an ecosystem of experienced people around them.
Here’s what they need to understand.

3Oct2011 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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