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Japan’s proposed incentives for renewable energy will boost solar panel installations and help wean the nation off nuclear power, industry lobby groups and developers said.

A government panel proposed Wednesday that utilities pay ¥42 per kwh for solar power supplies in a renewable energy incentive scheme, a rate that could encourage investors to enter the nascent market. Under the proposal drafted by the panel, the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry will introduce the new feed-in tariff scheme in July

... a rigorous policy of water level optimization; a 5% increase in generation in the Center of Russia, primarily thanks to the Volga-Kama hydroelectric project; and a 12% increase in generation volumes by Far East Generation Company in 1Q 2012 vs 1Q ...

* 42 yen (52 cents)/kwh rate may push investors to enter renewable energy market * Japan to introduce feed-in tariff scheme in July * Panel head eyes 23.1 yen/kwh for wind power * Panel may finalise recommendations as early as Friday (Adds panel head ...

Greenpeace, which has been pressuring the nation's leading tech companies to commit to clean renewable energy sources targeted Apple on Tuesday as they plan to open a data center in North Carolina that will be powered mostly by coal.

In addition to powering the storage facility and retail center, the system contributes to the state's "feed-in tariff" program, with the capacity to provide 2880 kilowatt-hours into the island's electrical grid each day, enough to power up to 220 Maui ...

In February 2007, in his very first presidential campaign visit to New Hampshire, Mitt Romney toured a solar power plant. Unsurprisingly for a politician in such a location, he found some nice things to say about renewable energy. North Andover's Eagle-Tribune reported that Romney promised he would soon "lay out a full energy program" featuring government incentives for developing alternative

By Grant Welker The development of ocean energy technology at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth has gotten a boost with a $535000 state grant that will allow the Marine Renewable Energy Center to continue research through June of next year.

The development of ocean energy technology at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth has gotten a boost with a $535,000 state grant that will allow the Marine Renewable Energy Center to continue research through June of next year.

Renewable energy developers are against bidding for the tariff incentive, saying this would only stunt the industry's growth.

“Now that Congress has ended the ethanol credit, E85 could continue to benefit from the alternative fuels incentive,” they said. The coalition, which is made up of the governors of 33 states, say that if E85 is not included in the alternative fuel tax ...

US-based semiconductor equipment firm Applied Materials recently held a solar forum in Xi'an, China. The firm has set up a global R&D center in the city. South Korea-based Samsung Electronics, one of Applied Material's major clients, also has plans to set up a NAND flash production facility in Xi'an

Dozens of solar panels and a 100-foot-tall wind turbine will help the Maharishi University of Management's sustainable living center in Fairfield, Iowa, be among the state's most efficient buildings.

Dozens of solar panels and a 100-foot-tall wind turbine will help the Maharishi University of Management's sustainable living center in Fairfield be among the state's most efficient buildings.