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Feed in tariffs and any other measure

Monday, 08 March 2010 01:24 By Chris Innis

As the moves to the low carbon economy continue, many of the ideas that we believed might get there are unwinding. In recent days we have had biofuels exposed as doing more harm than good and, ergo feed in tariffs. We have had windfarms, we will have tidal power and we all know about nuclear power. Some short comings have come as no surprise, biofuels in the tropics being one, others are more complex.

Take as example feed in tariffs. Very few technologies can generate power at the same cost as existing technologies.

Report: "State of Green Investing 2009" published

Thursday, 16 April 2009 03:17 By www.csrwire.com, Progressive Investor

Now that the stock market is showing signs of life again, green investors, who saw their portfolios sink even lower than the overall market, are benefiting from holding on. Unlike the mass of investors, who sold at the bottom of the market, green investors are taking a long term view.

In 2008, many green mutual funds, ETFs and individual stocks sunk 50-80%, while the Dow shed about 40%. But green investors can also expect their portfolios to rise higher than the overall market as it recovers.

New report on clean energy trends published

Wednesday, 11 March 2009 23:20 By www.cleanedge.com

Clean Energy Trends 2009 has been published. The report reflects a changing economic environment and predictably sees slower investment growth in 2009 after a very strong 2007 and 2008.

In last year's Clean Energy Trends report, the authors noted that 2008 would prove to be another banner year for clean energy even in the face of a brooding economic storm. The prognosis proved correct, with revenue growth among the report's three key clean-energy sectors expanding by 50 percent globally between 2007 and 2008.

Australian solar credits scheme criticised as bogus

Monday, 16 February 2009 03:24 By Chris Innis

The Australian government’s proposed Solar Credits scheme, for roof-top solar, is equivalent to giving homeowners bogus money and will reduce the amount of renewable energy generated in Australia, says the Alternative Technology Association (ATA).

“Homeowners are taking money from their own pockets to install solar and in return for their efforts the government is giving them phantom Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs) that do not equate to real clean energy production,” says Damien Moyse, ATA’s Energy Advocate.

Recession is mixing up government and investment priorities

Tuesday, 10 February 2009 10:47 By Chris Innis

The United States, Europe and other nations will spend about $100 billion on projects to fight climate change under economic stimulus plans, raising questions about how much support the renewable energy industry needs. Spending money through a recession to boost jobs is well established, but the long term value-for-money of current support for clean energy is now being questioned.

Political and business leaders have called for "green growth" spending over the next two to three years to boost fossil fuel alternatives and cut carbon emissions, and create jobs and help a sector wilting in the downturn.

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