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<title><![CDATA[Thinking of Alternative Energy? Try this Car.]]></title>
<link>http://theultimaterenaissance.wordpress.com/?p=63</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 22 Jun 2008 15:32:28 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>theultimaterenaissance</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Today when people are talking more and more about alternative energy sources especially for the cars]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><span style="font-family:Georgia;">Today when people are talking more and more about alternative energy sources especially for the cars we have many different products coming out e.g. <a href="http://www.hybridcars.com/">Hybrid cars</a> that run on gasoline and electricity, pure electric cars etc. Hydrogen vehicles are using hydrogen as the energy carrier not the energy source so people would need some large scale hydrogen plants or home hydrogen stations to power their cars. Hydrogen can be produced by many thermo-chemical methods using coal (<a href="http://www.csiro.au/science/psy5.html">coal gasification</a>), natural gas, biomass, liquefied petroleum gas, <strong>biohydrogen</strong>.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center;"><img class="aligncenter" src="http://www.gadgets-reviews.com/uimg/hydrogen-powered-car.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="225" /></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><span style="font-family:Georgia;">Hydrogen can also be produced from water by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electrolysis">electrolysis</a>. However, this process takes a lot of energy and it should be renewable energy sources to call it ecologically clean fuel. It would take humanity a few decades to create a low cost hydrogen production as all these methods are very expensive. However, the only emission you have is water and that is a very good deal. There are two ways of using hydrogen to run the vehicle:</span></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Georgia;">Internal combustion works similar to ordinary      gasoline engine but runs on hydrogen. </span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Georgia;"><a href="http://www.gadgets-reviews.com/index.php?page=post_new&#38;id=15427">Fuel-cell</a> conversion produces electricity via hydrogen + oxygen reaction to power      electrical engine.</span></li>
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However in both of these ways of powering the car hydrogen is not that efficient because it has <strong>low volumetric energy</strong>.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><span style="font-family:Georgia;">This means that it can store less energy than some substances we use today. For example: even if we keep hydrogen in liquid form its volumetric energy density will be only few mega joules per liter, which is much smaller than that of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gasoline">gasoline</a>. Using hydrogen as the electricity carrier is even less efficient than using <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Li-Ion">Li-Ion batteries</a> in the cars.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center;"><img src="http://www.gadgets-reviews.com/uimg/hydrogen-powered-car-1.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="245" /></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><span style="font-family:Georgia;">As you can see on this chart you lose 7% of energy you get from the plant for charging the batteries and 7% of the remaining amount is lost in the battery itself. However if you want to use hydrogen to store that energy this is what you get: <strong>30% of energy</strong> from the <a href="http://www.gadgets-reviews.com/index.php?page=post&#38;id=683">windmill</a> for example is lost during the process called electrolysis, the other bad thing is that you need to compress the gas in order to use it and this is where you lose another 10%, finally <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fuel_cells">fuels cells</a> are not that efficient and you lose up to 60% of remaining energy there. See for yourself which method is more efficient. Taking in consideration all these <a href="http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/technology/hydrogen-fuel/">hydrogen fuel</a> is one of the most expensive to produce and one of the least efficient energy carriers out there. Maybe we will be able to produce hydrogen fuel but we surely <strong>need to lower the cost</strong> of its production dramatically.</span></p>
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<title><![CDATA[New Hydrogen-Powered Car Officially Birthed]]></title>
<link>http://ecotastic.wordpress.com/?p=6</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jun 2008 20:16:54 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>ecotastic</dc:creator>
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Honda unveiled its fancy new hydrogen-electric fuel cell car today, the FCX Clarity. The Clarity]]></description>
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<p style="text-align:left;">Honda unveiled its <a href="http://http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25190604/" target="_blank">fancy new hydrogen-electric fuel cell car</a> today, the FCX Clarity. The Clarity produces zero emissions in the form of water vapor and is twice as efficient as the popular gas-electric hybrids on the road today (none of which I can afford yet, I might add).</p>
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<p>A handful of the cars are being shipped to Southern California, where selected celebrities, film producers, and business moguls get first dibs. Which, if you ask me, is <em>fabulous </em>news. The next major hurdle to mass-market integration (well, besides actually producing enough cars) is the millions of hydrogen fuel stations still needed. But think about it - if we have a bunch of eco-friendly, extremely, um, <em>vocal</em>, <em>persistent</em> celebrities and deep-pocketed big wigs driving these things around, how else would we possibly get fuel stations faster? According to the article, the <a href="http://www.schwarzenegger.com/" target="_blank">Governator</a><a href="http://www.schwarzenegger.com/" target="_blank"> of California</a> is already on it, having begun work on a "statewide network" of stations.</p>
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<p>Keep your fingers crossed ... its mass-market target date of 2018 is still a long way off.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Cycling Rockers to Play Santa Rosa's Harmony Fest Eco Village Next Weekend]]></title>
<link>http://rawinspirations.wordpress.com/?p=71</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 27 May 2008 16:38:43 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>rawinspirations</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[In 2007, the Ginger Ninjas became the first band in the history of rock and roll to tour by bicycle,]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In 2007, the <a title="The Ginger Ninjas" href="http://gingerninjas.com">Ginger Ninjas</a> became the first band in the history of rock and roll to tour by bicycle, unsupported by automobile. On a 5000 mile odyssey from their home in Northern California to the pyramids of Southern Mexico, they promoted transportation cycling while also exploring the frontiers of pedal-generated electricity, using their own bikes to power a hyper-efficient sound system. The audience took turns getting on stage to pedal the bikes to make the sound, taking crowd participation to a new level. Originally conceived as a one-time adventure/statement/experiment, the band became addicted to low-impact touring, and now does so exclusively.</p>
<p><img src="http://gingerninjas.com/images/gingerninjas.jpg" alt="Ginger Ninjas" width="391" height="301" /></p>
<p>The Ginger Ninjas' mobile human-power stage is the first of its kind in history. Coupling super efficient digital amplifiers, lightweight components, and generators attached to working bicycles (as opposed to purpose-built stationary bikes), the system allows a band to play off-grid anywhere, wall outlet or no, and to also carry the system to a gig on the same bicycles (Xtracycle sport utility bicycles). This enables a new kind of completely self-sufficient bicycle touring, sans automobile support. On the band's most recent tour, the system and touring style enabled them to avoid generating close to 60,000 pounds of CO2, or 95% of what a similar sized band creates in a similar tour.</p>
<p>The band's lead vocalists Eco Lopez and Kipchoge Spencer met on a piano bench. They played a 30 minute song together, a transcendent gospel soul thing that made them both tremble. The Ginger Ninjas became their musical love story, as written on the back of a magic envelope. Listen to either alone and you hear a fully formed solo artist. But together, they blend as only those who've found their muse can, spacially, lyrically, and sonically, creating something bigger than its parts. With their jazz-trained band, or as a duo, they skip through genres, from folk punk to folk funk to Latin ballads, simple ska, and fantasy American bluegrass, he with the grabby rhythms and brainy rhymes, she with the clean melodies (in Spanish, English, and French), a Russian hat, and heart melting voice.<br />
They call their style "mind shaking love groove folk funk roots explosive international mountain music for a pleasant revolution."</p>
<p>The band will be appearing at the <a title="Harmony Festival" href="http://www.harmonyfestival.com">Harmony Festival</a> Eco Village in Santa Rosa, 11:30 Saturday June 7 and 4:30 Sunday June 8, and will be providing human power for the festival's eco-village stage throughout the weekend. The <a title="The Solar Living Institute" href="http://www.solarliving.org" target="_blank">Solar Living Institute</a> will also be providing Solar Power for the speakers on the stage. And the Eco Village is sponsored by <a title="Clear Edge Power" href="http://clearedgepower.com/" target="_blank">Clear Edge Power </a>+ <a title="The Solar Living Institute" href="http://www.solarliving.org" target="_blank">The Solar Living Institute</a>, <a title="DPI-SF" href="http://www.dpi-sf.com" target="_blank">DPI</a>, <a title="Next Generation" href="www.gonextgeneration.org" target="_blank">Next Generation</a>, <a title="Raw Food Central" href="http://www.rawfoodsebastopol.com/" target="_blank">Rawfood Central</a> in Sebastopol, <a title="California Flowforms" href="http://californiaflowforms.com" target="_blank">California Flowforms</a>.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Water-powered Cellphone, very eco-friendly, by Samsung !]]></title>
<link>http://greenista.wordpress.com/?p=9</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 03 May 2008 10:58:37 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>greenista</dc:creator>
<guid>http://greenista.wordpress.com/?p=9</guid>
<description><![CDATA[

Samsung has recently developed a water powered cellphone, one of its kind. A micro fuel cell and h]]></description>
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<p>Samsung has recently developed a water powered cellphone, one of its kind. A micro fuel cell and hydrogen generator make it possible. This water-powerd battery will be capable of powering all kinds of small electronics, in this case cellphones, for 10 hours on nothing but old fashioned H2O (aka. WATER).</p>
<p>When the phone powers on, metal and water in the phone react and produce hydrogen gas. They envision beginning with hydrogen cartridges that would have to be changed roughly every four days, if you use the phone for four hours a day.</p>
<p>Samsung expected it to go into mass production in 2010. Take your time, Samsung, we can wait for this every eco-friendly battery, ok ?</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Spain solar industry grew by 150% last year (2007)]]></title>
<link>http://onesunpower.wordpress.com/?p=23</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 24 Apr 2008 14:40:35 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>German Armando Rios</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[The Spain solar industry for the year 2007 has increase rampantly 10 times greater than the recorded]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://onesunpower.files.wordpress.com/2008/04/87_large.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-24" src="http://onesunpower.wordpress.com/files/2008/04/87_large.jpg?w=300" alt="solar cell" width="246" height="246" /></a>The Spain solar industry for the year 2007 has increase rampantly 10 times greater than the recorded from 2005. That is 250m euro to 2.5 billion in investments increase in the solar industry in two years. It is without doubt that Spain renewable energy efforts are admirable and should be mirrored by the entire world. The greatest growth was experienced by the solar PV sector, which generated sales of 2.35 billion euros last year, compared with 900 m euros in 2006.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">As concerns solar thermal energy, sales reached 120 m euros in 2007, which represents a growth of 26% from the year before.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The Spanish solar industry is not also growing larger, but also is becoming more international. Imports amounted to approximately 60% of the total market value in 2007, and the acquisition of solar equipment in China by Spanish firms grew strongly as well. Notwithstanding, Spanish manufacturers seem to be catching up: according to DBK there are currently around 35 solar manufacturing companies in the country.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">DBK estimates that the solar PV market will grow by 40% in 2008, to reach 3.3 billion euros, despite the uncertainty of the legislation (a new royal decree with cuts in the feed-in tariff is expected in the coming months). The solar thermal industry will also see a big growth during 2008, with expected sales of 175 m euros.</p>
<p><a class="alignleft" title="http://www.dbk.es/" href="http://www.dbk.es/" target="_blank"> http://www.dbk.es/</a></p>
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<title><![CDATA[NGV เพื่อคุณเพื่อชาติ? หรือเพื่อใคร?]]></title>
<link>http://nobiaemon.wordpress.com/?p=73</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 22 Mar 2008 08:26:18 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>nobiaemon</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[ 
อย่างที่รู้ๆกันว่ากระทรวงพลังงาน ]]></description>
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<p>อย่างที่รู้ๆกันว่ากระทรวงพลังงาน ที่ตอนนี้คุมโดยท่านนายพลหญิงท่านหนึ่ง ได้มีนโยบายที่จะให้ เชื้อเพลิง NGV  ถูกนำมาใช้ในภาคขนส่งมากขึ้น อย่างจริงจัง ทั้งนี้ก็มีมาตรการต่างๆออกมา เช่นการให้ร้ายป้ายสีการใช้พลังงาน LPG ว่าเป็นเหมือนการนำไม้สักมาทำฝืน <img src="http://nobiaemon.wordpress.com/files/2008/03/wallbash.gif" alt="wallbash.gif" />การปรับราคา LPG โดยแยกเป็นสองราคาคือภาคครัวเรือน และภาคขนส่ง ซึ่งวิธีการเหล่านี้ก็ได้ผลในระดับหนึ่ง ซึ่งสามารถลดอัตราการเติบโตของการใช้เชื้อเพลง LPG ได้บ้าง<!--more--></p>
<p>แต่เมื่อมามองอย่างเป็นกลาง(ลำเอียงหน่อย) แล้วจะพบว่าการสนับสนุนให้ใช้เชื้อเพลิง NGV หรือจะเรียกให้ถูกก็ CNG เชื้อเพลิงธรรมชาติอัด(แต่เสือกมาตั้งว่า ngv ที่เดียวในโลก) ซึ่งเป็นเชื้อเพลิงที่ไม่มีประโยชน์อย่างอื่นแล้วนอกจากเอามาเติมรถวิ่ง(ง่ายๆคือหมดประโยชน์ทางเศรษฐศาตร์ ไม่เหมือนกับ LPG ที่สามารถใช้อุตาสหกรรมปิโตรเคมีต่อไปได้สร้างผลผลิตเพิ่มขึ้น ตามที่ท่านปตทและรมต บอก) ก็ยังคงเป็นมีปัญหาอีกมาก ถึงแม้จะประหยัดได้แบบโคตรๆ แต่ก็ทำให้ผู้ใช้รถตาดำๆต้องนั่งกลุ้มใจ <img src="http://nobiaemon.wordpress.com/files/2008/03/05.gif" alt="05.gif" />อย่างเช่น การที่ปั้มมีจำนวนไม่พอเพียงกับรถที่จะเติม รวมถึงกรณีมีปั้ม แต่ไม่มีแก๊สให้เติม ซึ่งไม่เหมือนกับ lpg ที่แม่งมีตลอดไม่เคยหมด ปั้มเต็มบ้านเต็มเมืองทั่วปท ประมาณ 6-7 ร้อย ปั้มได้มั้ง ขณะที่ ngv แค่ 200 กว่าปั้มเท่านั้นเอง ยิ่งไปกว่านั้นที่น่าคิดคือทำไมผู้จัดจำหน่ายถึงมีเฉพาะปตท เท่านั้น ทำไมไม่ให้บ.อื่นร่วมขายด้วย เพราะอะไร ทำไมต้องผูกขาด ราคาแก๊ส ngv 8.50 บาท/ก.ก. ณ ปัจจุบันก็ไม่สอดคล้องราคาโลกอยู่แล้ว จริงๆควรจะ 12-13 บาทด้วยมั้ง ถ้าพูดตรงๆอาจเป็นยุทธวิธีล่อหมูเข้าเล้านั่นเอง พอเข้ามาเยอะๆ ใช้กันเยอะๆ ก็รอเชือดทีเดียวเลยมั้ง จะจริงใจก็ลอยตัวราคาไปเลย (เอะอะก็ลอยตัวตามราคาตลาดโลก ทั้งที่ผลิตได้เอง ไม่ลอยตัวราคาข้าวตามตลาดโลกบ้างหละ <img src="http://nobiaemon.wordpress.com/files/2008/03/thumbdown.gif" alt="thumbdown.gif" />)ตอนนั้นผูกขาดอยู่แล้ว ก็ฟันกำไรอีกตามเคย</p>
<p>นอกจากนี้การใช้ LPG นั้นก็ไม่ได้นับว่าผิดอะไร แต่กลับถูกกระทำอย่างกับผู้ร้าย ในโลกนี้ไม่มีใครกำหนดหรอกว่าเชื้อเพลิงนี้ใช้ทำอันนี้ ใช้ทำอันนั้น ทุกคนมีสิทธิที่จะเลือกใช้เชื้อเพลิง ไม่งั้นการนำ ethanol มาทำเชื้อเพลิงก็ผิดวัตถุประสงค์เหมือนกัน ทั้งหมดที่บ่นๆมานี่ก็ไม่เพราะอะไรหรอก ใช้LPG อยู่และราคาก็ปรับสูงขึ้นเรื่อยๆ วันนี้ที่ทราบก็ 11.90 บาท/ลิตร แล้ว แพงไม่ว่ากรูมีสิทธิใช้  แต่อย่ามาว่าใส่ร้ายว่าเป็นพวกใช้เชื้อเพลิงไม่เหมาะสม เพราะเราก็ช่วยชาติลดการนำเข้าน้ำมันเช่นกัน <img src="http://nobiaemon.wordpress.com/files/2008/03/16.gif" alt="16.gif" /></p>
<p>สรุป ณ เวลานี้LPG เป็นทางเลือกที่ดีทางหนึ่ง แต่เมื่อ NGV พร้อมเมื่อใดก็จะเป็นทางเลือกที่ดีกว่าทางหนึ่ง เราจะรอเวลานั้นมาถึง แล้วเราจะสนับสนุนเต็มที่</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Worthless Press Release of the Day]]></title>
<link>http://fourwheeldrift.wordpress.com/?p=138</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 24 Feb 2008 18:23:20 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>fourwheeldrift</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[BMW sent this press release:
&#8220;CAMERON DIAZ SET TO RIDE IN THE BMW HYDROGEN 7 TO THE 2008 OSCAR]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>BMW sent this press release:</p>
<blockquote><p>"CAMERON DIAZ SET TO RIDE IN THE BMW HYDROGEN 7 TO THE 2008 OSCAR AWARDS CEREMONY Hollywood, CA - February 22, 2008... Demonstrating her continued dedication to the exploration of environmentally sustainable energies, Cameron Diaz will be traveling to the 80th Annual Academy Awards ceremony in the BMW Hydrogen 7 Series. The BMW H7 is the first hydrogen-powered luxury sedan, which emits almost nothing but water vapor, and still features all the amenities and comfort of a BMW 7 Series."</p></blockquote>
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When a company attempts to spotlight a product by highlighting a "yesterday's celebrity" whose <i>best</i> past decision-making yielded a creepy long-term romance with Justin Timberlake, a few employees in the PR and Marketing departments need to be shown the door.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Solar Power Now Cheaper than Coal]]></title>
<link>http://greenchemistry.wordpress.com/2008/01/08/solar-power-now-cheaper-than-coal/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jan 2008 23:30:47 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>nearlynothingbutnovels</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[New technology makes solar power affordable to install and cheaper than current environmentally unfr]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>New technology makes solar power affordable to install and cheaper than current environmentally unfriendly energy sources.  This article from Jessica Hunt of  Celsias.com on new technology from Nanosolar describes high tech, high-efficiency and inexpensive solar cells.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.celsias.com/2007/11/23/nanosolars-breakthrough-technology-solar-now-cheaper-than-coal/">read more</a> &#124; <a href="http://digg.com/environment/Solar_Power_Now_Cheaper_than_Coal">digg story</a></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Will America become a solar country if the new energy bill is passed? ]]></title>
<link>http://onesunpower.wordpress.com/2007/05/13/will-america-become-a-solar-country-if-the-new-energy-bill-is-passed/</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 13 May 2007 16:49:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>German Armando Rios</dc:creator>
<guid>http://onesunpower.wordpress.com/2007/05/13/will-america-become-a-solar-country-if-the-new-energy-bill-is-passed/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[The newly introduced “Securing America’s Energy Independence Act” is giving lots of hope to th]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial;"><span><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial;"><span><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial;"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial;"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial;"><strong>The newly introduced “Securing America’s Energy Independence Act” is giving lots of hope to the solar industry in America. It is indeed the largest solar energy legislation ever introduced in the United States.</strong></span></font></span></span></font></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></strong></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial;"><span><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial;"><span><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial;"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial;"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial;"></span></font></span></span></font></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></strong>If passed, it would boost solar energy investments by making them more affordable in all states. In the Southern States, solar energy investments could actually become so attractive that the industry could easily see in them its greatest market, ahead of Germany, Japan and Spain.</p>
<p>The new bill is to extend the 30 % federal solar investment tax credit, currently set to expire at the end of next year, until 2016, thus providing a longer period to plan investments (something the US renewable energy legislation has historically failed to provide). It also provide subsides of $1,500 per half-kW of capacity, and will remove the $2,000 cap for residential solar energy.</p>
<p>Whether the country finally passes the bill and therefore follows the President's words of ending the country's addiction to oil remains to be seen. If it does, the solar industry should be happy, for America would soon boost the installed capacity figures.</p>
<p>The country, with its Solar America Initiative, is already trying to make solar energy cost efficient and expects the technology to be competitive with conventional sources of energy by 2015. Should this bill be passed, this could happen even earlier.</p>
<p>For additional information:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.energy.gov" target="_blank">www.energy.gov</a></p>
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