by n8lew on July 28, 2009
A feed-in tariff, or FiT, is designed as an incentive to energy producers to develop renewable energy sources, and usually consists of a rate, fixed by legislation, that guarantees higher returns than conventional energy sources.
For example, if energy from fossil fuel generation were billed to customers 0.10 cents per kilowatt hour, energy from renewables would [...]
by n8lew on July 27, 2009
A recent analysis by Alexander von Welczeck, the CEO of Mill Valley, California-based Solar Power Partners Inc., the third largest solar energy developer in the United States, highlights the importance of power purchase agreements, or PPAs, in driving the solar energy industry to new heights.
As Welczeck points out, the current recession has had an impact [...]