Wednesday, December 5, 2007
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Energy Bill Update: House to Vote on New Tax Legislation and RES
Washington, D.C. [RenewableEnergyAccess.com]
The House is expected to vote today or tomorrow on an updated energy bill that now includes a national Renewable Electricity Standard (RES) and a $21 billion tax package that advances the development of renewable energy and encourages energy savings and efficiency.
Key provisions in the tax legislation include long-term extensions of the investment and production tax credits, tax credit bonds for renewable energy and conservation, and extensions of energy efficiency tax incentives.
"Our country needs to make a big turn in terms of energy policy, and this tax package will help to steer the ship. This legislation will help America to use more carefully the resources we have today, and to balance our energy incentives toward the fuels of tomorrow," said Senate Finance Chairman Max Baucus (D-MT). "An economically strong, globally competitive future for America just won't run on the fuels of the past. It's high time to focus our energy efforts on sources that will be available and affordable for Americans decades from now. And it's appropriate to pay for these new energy incentives by closing loopholes in our current energy tax policy. I am sure the Senate will have a robust debate on some provisions of this important legislation, but I expect that we will all work together to see it passed."
The Bill up for vote reportedly also contains a national RES that would require utilities to procure 15% of electricity from renewable sources.
Diana DeGette, (D-CO) said, "A national Renewable Electricity Standard is a major advance for renewable energy in this country. This standard is not only beneficial for consumers and businesses, but is also good for the environment. The tremendous success of Colorado's RES program is just another reason why we should expand this program nationwide. Colorado and other states have led the clean and renewable energy revolution in the absence of federal action."
According to press reports, the Senate is likely to reject the new bill. Sen. Pete Domenici (R-NM), the top Republican on the Senate Energy Committee believes that the tax provisions and the RES will preclude the Senate from passing the bill.
The Bill will also increase corporate average fuel economy standards to 35 miles per gallon by 2020, a measure that has bi-partisan support.
Chris Stimpson, Solar Nation Executive Campaigner believes that it was, at least in part, due to concerned citizens that the tax legislation made it back into the bill. "The investment tax credit provisions had, apparently, been dropped completely from the bill. But in the week before Thanksgiving, House leaders were so bombarded with e-mails, faxes and calls from outraged environmental and clean energy groups that they restored the tax title in a hurry," he said.
Stimpson continuted, "It's a fair bet that senators will get the same treatment if they try to dilute what the House has done."
The House is expected to vote today or tomorrow on an updated energy bill that now includes a national Renewable Electricity Standard (RES) and a $21 billion tax package that advances the development of renewable energy and encourages energy savings and efficiency.
Key provisions in the tax legislation include long-term extensions of the investment and production tax credits, tax credit bonds for renewable energy and conservation, and extensions of energy efficiency tax incentives.
"Our country needs to make a big turn in terms of energy policy, and this tax package will help to steer the ship. This legislation will help America to use more carefully the resources we have today, and to balance our energy incentives toward the fuels of tomorrow," said Senate Finance Chairman Max Baucus (D-MT). "An economically strong, globally competitive future for America just won't run on the fuels of the past. It's high time to focus our energy efforts on sources that will be available and affordable for Americans decades from now. And it's appropriate to pay for these new energy incentives by closing loopholes in our current energy tax policy. I am sure the Senate will have a robust debate on some provisions of this important legislation, but I expect that we will all work together to see it passed."
The Bill up for vote reportedly also contains a national RES that would require utilities to procure 15% of electricity from renewable sources.
Diana DeGette, (D-CO) said, "A national Renewable Electricity Standard is a major advance for renewable energy in this country. This standard is not only beneficial for consumers and businesses, but is also good for the environment. The tremendous success of Colorado's RES program is just another reason why we should expand this program nationwide. Colorado and other states have led the clean and renewable energy revolution in the absence of federal action."
According to press reports, the Senate is likely to reject the new bill. Sen. Pete Domenici (R-NM), the top Republican on the Senate Energy Committee believes that the tax provisions and the RES will preclude the Senate from passing the bill.
The Bill will also increase corporate average fuel economy standards to 35 miles per gallon by 2020, a measure that has bi-partisan support.
Chris Stimpson, Solar Nation Executive Campaigner believes that it was, at least in part, due to concerned citizens that the tax legislation made it back into the bill. "The investment tax credit provisions had, apparently, been dropped completely from the bill. But in the week before Thanksgiving, House leaders were so bombarded with e-mails, faxes and calls from outraged environmental and clean energy groups that they restored the tax title in a hurry," he said.
Stimpson continuted, "It's a fair bet that senators will get the same treatment if they try to dilute what the House has done."
Monday, November 26, 2007
Renewable energy
Renewable energy effectively utilizes natural resources such as sunlight, wind, tides and geothermal heat, which are naturally replenished. Renewable energy technologies range from solar power, wind power, and hydroelectricity to biomass and biofuels for transportation. About 13 percent of primary energy comes from renewables, with most of this coming from traditional biomass like wood-burning. Hydropower is the next largest source, providing 2-3%, and modern technologies like geothermal, wind, solar, and marine energy together produce less than 1% of total world energy demand. The technical potential for their use is very large, exceeding all other readily available sources.
Renewable energy sources worldwide in 2006 (2005 for items marked * or **). Off-grid electric and ground source heat pumps not included. Renewable energy technologies are sometimes criticised for being unreliable or unsightly, yet the market is growing for many forms of renewable energy. Wind power has a worldwide installed capacity of 74,223 MW and is widely used in several European countries and the USA. The manufacturing output of the photovoltaics industry reached more than 2,000 MW per year in 2006, and PV power plants are particularly popular in Germany. Solar thermal power stations operate in the USA and Spain, and the largest of these is the 354 MW SEGS power plant in the Mojave Desert. The world's largest geothermal power installation is The Geysers in California, with a rated capacity of 750 MW. Brazil has one of the largest renewable energy programs in the world, involving production of ethanol fuel from sugar cane, and ethanol now provides 18 percent of the country's automotive fuel. Ethanol fuel is also widely available in the USA.
While there are many large-scale renewable energy projects, renewable technologies are also suited to small off-grid applications, sometimes in rural and remote areas, where energy is often crucial in human development. Kenya has the world's highest household solar ownership rate with roughly 30,000 small (20-100 watt) solar power systems sold per year.
Climate change concerns coupled with high oil prices, peak oil and increasing government support are driving increasing renewable energy legislation, incentives and commercialization. EU leaders reached agreement in principle in March that 20 percent of the bloc's energy should be produced from renewable fuels by 2020, as part of its drive to cut emissions of carbon dioxide, blamed in part for global warming. Investment capital flowing into renewable energy climbed from $80 billion in 2005 to a record $100 billion in 2006. Some very large corporations such as BP, GE, Sharp, and Shell are investing in the renewable energy sector.
Renewable energy sources worldwide in 2006 (2005 for items marked * or **). Off-grid electric and ground source heat pumps not included. Renewable energy technologies are sometimes criticised for being unreliable or unsightly, yet the market is growing for many forms of renewable energy. Wind power has a worldwide installed capacity of 74,223 MW and is widely used in several European countries and the USA. The manufacturing output of the photovoltaics industry reached more than 2,000 MW per year in 2006, and PV power plants are particularly popular in Germany. Solar thermal power stations operate in the USA and Spain, and the largest of these is the 354 MW SEGS power plant in the Mojave Desert. The world's largest geothermal power installation is The Geysers in California, with a rated capacity of 750 MW. Brazil has one of the largest renewable energy programs in the world, involving production of ethanol fuel from sugar cane, and ethanol now provides 18 percent of the country's automotive fuel. Ethanol fuel is also widely available in the USA.
While there are many large-scale renewable energy projects, renewable technologies are also suited to small off-grid applications, sometimes in rural and remote areas, where energy is often crucial in human development. Kenya has the world's highest household solar ownership rate with roughly 30,000 small (20-100 watt) solar power systems sold per year.
Climate change concerns coupled with high oil prices, peak oil and increasing government support are driving increasing renewable energy legislation, incentives and commercialization. EU leaders reached agreement in principle in March that 20 percent of the bloc's energy should be produced from renewable fuels by 2020, as part of its drive to cut emissions of carbon dioxide, blamed in part for global warming. Investment capital flowing into renewable energy climbed from $80 billion in 2005 to a record $100 billion in 2006. Some very large corporations such as BP, GE, Sharp, and Shell are investing in the renewable energy sector.
Big Oil invests big in wind power
(ConsumerWellness.org) Shell Oil Co. and BP plc (formerly British Petroleum) recently have become two of the largest investors in commercial wind power in the United States. Shell ranks among the top five wind-power generators, while BP has announced its intent to develop projects producing 550 megawatts of electricity - one-sixth of total wind output projected for the United States in 2007.
House bill would require electric companies to gradually shift toward clean, renewable energy sources
A bill introduced into the House of Representatives this year would require utility companies to generate 20 percent of their electricity from renewable sources -- such as biofuel, geothermal, solar and wind -- by the year 2020, according to a press release by the Union of Concerned Scientists.
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