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 ... Read More
Archive for 2009
State & Stakeholder Newsletter: 2009 Year-in-Review
Wednesday, December 30th, 2009Wednesday, December 30, 2009 Volume #8, 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. This free newsletter is distributed semi-monthly to email subscribers and published on IREC’s website. If you have comments or if you would like ... Read More
DOE’s Solar America Cities wraps up with a 2009 with a bow
Tuesday, December 29th, 2009By 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 ... Read More
IREC’s Legal Team, Keyes & Fox, Pick 4 States for Interconnection and Net Metering Best Practices in 2009
Tuesday, December 29th, 2009To 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 ... Read More
IREC at the table, serving up workforce education best practices and credentialing programs in 2009
Tuesday, December 29th, 2009For 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
ISPQ Gaining Traction: record number of applications for renewable energy training programs accreditation and certified instructors
Tuesday, December 29th, 2009by 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 were ... Read More
NEW YORK: Long Island Winery breaks ground on Wind Turbine Installation
Monday, December 28th, 2009With 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
NEVADA: City of Reno Installs First of 10 Planned Wind Turbines
Monday, December 28th, 2009NV 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 ... Read More
New York PSC Expands RPS to 30% by 2015
Saturday, December 26th, 2009NEW 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
