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Paul Gipe

Michigan Lawmaker Introduces Renewable Energy Sources Act

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Paul Gipe

First Full-Featured Feed Law Introduced in the USA Prices for Solar & Biogas to Surpass Those in Ontario
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Cleveland’s Urban Wind Turbine

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Paul Gipe

Cleveland’s Great Lakes Science Center installed a 225 kW Vestas V27 wind turbine in 2006 on the city’s harbor front ... Read more

Cleveland Science Center Solar Portico

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Paul Gipe

Cleveland's Great Lakes Science Center dedicated 156-panel solar array on July 11, 2007.

The Ontario Solar Initiative

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Paul Gipe

In response to Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger's 2007 visit to Toronto, the Ministry of Energy's call for increased renewable generation and the OPA's acknowledgement of the important role of renewable energy in Ontario's future, the Ontario Sustainable Energy Association (OSEA) proposes--the "Ontario Solar Initiative".

Advanced Renewable Tariffs Pricing Worksheets

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Paul Gipe

  The following worksheets were developed for the Ontario Sustainable Energy Association and the Toronto Renewable Energy Cooperative in 2007 ... Read more
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Solar PV Current Installed Prices per kW in California & Elsewhere

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Paul Gipe

The following chart summarizes actual installed cost of solar PV systems mostly in California.

Price Summary for Solar PV Tariffs Worldwide

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Paul Gipe

The following data is extracted from Tables of Renewable Tariffs or Feed-In Tariffs Worldwide. These tables are updated periodically. Always check the tables for current tariffs.

South Australia Weighs Timid Solar Tariff

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Paul Gipe

South Australia has released a draft of a modest, some would say timid, solar PV feed-in tariff that will be introduced into the state's parliament.

Solar Without Limits: Breaking Free from Net Metering

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Paul Gipe

  For more than a decade, senior environmental leaders in North America have been waiting for Germany’s renewable energy market ... Read more

Solar Without Limits: Breaking Free from Net Metering

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Paul Gipe

For more than a decade, senior environmental leaders in North America have been waiting for Germany's renewable energy market to collapse, an expectation tinged with schadenfreude. However, it's been one embarrassment after another for Americans. Most embarrassing of all, the German market hasn't collapsed.