Download Newsletter122607.doc Download Newsletter122607.pdf Wednesday, December 26, 2007 Volume #6, Issue #26 Editor: Jane Pulaski The IREC State & Stakeholder Newsletter tracks a range of market-oriented news, services and outreach tools valuable to the renewable energy community. From webinars to white papers to workshops and interviews with renewable energy newsmakers, you’ll find the latest news ... Read More
Archive for December, 2007
CESA Case Study on Solar Hot Water
Wednesday, December 26th, 2007This report, CESA State Program Guide: State Strategies to Foster Solar Hot Water System Deployment by Mark Sinclair, Deputy Director, Clean Energy States Alliance, provides CESA members and states with information, resource materials, and recommendations on program design and strategies to promote solar hot water technology applications. Download a PDF of this report.
Renewable Energy Vermont & Vermont Biofuels Association to Merge
Wednesday, December 26th, 2007The Board of Directors of Renewable Energy Vermont (REV) and the Vermont Biofuels Association (VBA) announced today, that beginning in 2008, the two trade associations will merge into one association capable of representing all renewable energy sectors in the state. REV, working with the VBA, will create a new Biofuels Working Group within REV to ... Read More
Underwriters Laboratories to Build Photovoltaic Module Testing and Certification Facility in Silicon Valley
Wednesday, December 26th, 2007Underwriters Laboratories (UL), a world leader in product safety testing and certification, announced it will build a state-of-the-art photovoltaic (PV) testing and certification facility in the Silicon Valley. The multi-million dollar investment to build a 16,000-square-foot facility is intended to increase testing capacity for the renewable energy industry and get UL-Listed photovoltaic (PV) products to ... Read More
State & Stakeholder Newsletter, December 12, 2007
Tuesday, December 11th, 2007Download Newsletter121207.doc Download Newsletter121207.pdf The IREC State & Stakeholder Newsletter tracks a range of market-oriented news, services and outreach tools valuable to the renewable energy community. From webinars to white papers to workshops and interviews with renewable energy newsmakers, you’ll find the latest news about IREC members and other renewable energy stakeholders in this newsletter ... Read More
January 22, 2008 Telephone Seminar ‚ Utility Rate Design
Friday, December 7th, 2007url=”http://irecusa.org/uploads/media/LBNL-IREC_012208.pdf” length =”131718″ type=”application/pdf” / url=”http://irecusa.org/uploads/media/Ross-Rate_Design_IREC_01.pdf” length =”356561″ type=”application/pdf” /The IREC Telephone Seminar on Tuesday, January 22 at 2pm EST (1pm CST, noon MST, 11am PST, 10am Alaska, 9am Hawaii) was on Utility Rate Design. The seminar will last for 1 hour and 15 minutes. Retail rate design is important for the customer-economics of grid-connected, ... Read More
First Solar Announces Acquisition of Turner Renewable Energy
Wednesday, December 5th, 2007First Solar, Inc. announced that it has acquired Turner Renewable Energy, LLC for a purchase price of approximately $34.3 million paid in a combination of common stock of First Solar, Inc. and cash. The company will operate as a wholly owned subsidiary of First Solar, Inc. under the name First Solar Electric, LLC. Turner Renewable ... Read More
State of Wisconsin’s Largest Solar Hot Water System Headlines Solar Energy Conference
Wednesday, December 5th, 2007The Kalahari Resort in Wisconsin Dells, Wis., is the new home of a 104-panel solar hot water system – the largest in the state. In addition to supplying the resort with 1,850 gallons of hot water per hour, the system will be the main attraction at the upcoming Wisconsin Solar Hot Water Conference on Thursday, ... Read More
SMUD to Release 2008 Renewable Energy RFO
Wednesday, December 5th, 2007On January 4, 2008, The Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD) will release a Request for Offers (RFO) of renewable energy for power purchase agreements (PPA). Proposals will be due early April 2008. SMUD has a goal to meet 23 percent of its retail electricity sales with renewable energy by 2011 and beyond. The utility‚ s ... Read More
Ontario Releases 2007 Conservation Report
Monday, December 3rd, 2007On November 7, 2007, the Ontario‚ s chief Energy Conservation Officer, Peter Love, released his 2007 annual report which makes recommendations for achieving the province‚ s goal of a ‚ culture of conservation.‚ Some of these recommendations should be of interest to U.S. regulators and legislators. First and foremost, the report emphasizes the importance of ... Read More
