If you’ve ever searched for information on state, local, utility, and federal incentives for renewable energy and energy efficiency and you haven’t used DSIRE, you’ve been wasting a lot of valuable time.
A couple of impressive (if not enviable) DSIRE datapoints:
DSIRE contains information on over 2,000 renewable energy and energy efficiency programs;
DSIRE is visited by more ... Read More
By all accounts, 2009 was one very active year for DOE’s Solar America Cities Initiatives (SAI), far from the typical business-as-usual model.
Starting in March, with the second Solar America Cities Annual Meeting in San Antonio, to the announcement in October of DOE’s Special Projects grants for Solar America Cities and a network of regional solar ... Read More
To say 2009 was a busy year for rule making proceedings would be a radical understatement. IREC’s legal team of Keyes and Fox were involved in interconnection and net metering regulatory proceedings in some 20 states.
Involved, according to Jason Keyes, means providing multiple rounds of comments and participation in workshops and hearings in those ... Read More
For nearly a decade, IREC has taken a leadership role in shaping the direction of renewable energy workforce education, and developing quality and competency standards for solar and renewable energy professionals and training programs. Whether authoring articles in national magazines, organizing a national workforce education conference, updating renewable energy training directories, or accepting a record ... Read More
by Jane Weissman
IREC is the North American Licensee for the ISPQ Accreditation of Renewable Energy Training Programs and the Certification of Instructors.
A busy 2009 comes to a close.
We saw record growth for IREC’s credentialing programs in 2009. Forty-five applications were submitted during the past 12 months for ISPQ credentials. Twenty candidates ... Read More
With the help of the Long Island Power Association’s Backyard Wind Initiative rebate, Osprey’s Dominion will become the first vineyard on Long Island to produce wine using wind power. LIPA President and CEO Kevin S. Law, as well as State Assemblyman Marc Alessi and Gordian Raacke, Executive Director of Renewable Energy Long Island, participated in ... Read More
NV Energy presented a $40,000 rebate to the City of Reno to offset a portion of the installation costs of a 15-kilowatt (kW) wind turbine at the Stead Wastewater Treatment Plant on Norton Drive at Stead. The turbine is located atop a 50-foot tower.
“This is the largest wind turbine installed through NV Energy’s WindGenerations program, ... Read More
NEW YORK–On December 16 the New York State Public Service Commission announced an expansion of the New York’s Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS) goal to increase the proportion of renewable generation to 30 percent of projected electricity consumption by 2015. This decision strengthens the RPS program, which has been New York’s primary policy initiative to promote ... Read More
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