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US utilities learning renewable lessons from German electricity sector
From June 9 to June 13, 2008, thirty-one utility executives and managers travelled to Germany to learn about the country’s success and experience integrating significant amounts of solar energy into the electricity grid.
Throughout the five-day fact finding mission, the delegation met with numerous players in the German electricity marketplace, visited multiple solar installations, and toured the largest solar tradeshow in Europe.
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Feed-In Tariffs and Renewable Energy in the USA
Learn more about the evolving US policy landscape around renewable energy in this detailed new report published jointly by the World Future Council, the Heinrich Boll Foundation and the North Carolina Solar Center.
The paper reviews the experience of six US states which have introduced feed-in tariff legislation, surveys feed-in tariff proposals in eight other states. It also discusses related initiatives such as Community-Based Energy Development policies and a federal feed-in tariff bill proposed by Congressman Jay Inslee.
Some states are proposing European-style incentives for generation by means of renewable technologies, whereas other states are considering alternative approaches. To date, no broad, open-ended feed-in tariffs have been created in
the US, but political momentum for the policy appears to be building.
Feed-In Tariffs Strategy Workshop
In March 2008, in Washington DC. The World Future Council, the Heinrich Böll Foundation, and the Worldwatch Institute co-hosted a workshop to discuss strategy for the introduction and implementation of FIT legislation in the United States.
The workshop discussed the need and potential for FITs in the US, possible strategies for promoting FITs, and barriers to FITs on the state and federal level. Panelists included members of German, French, and Spanish ministries, US legislators, and experts in the field of renewable energy legislation.
Read more about the Washington Workshop and watch workshop proceedings.
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