Posts Tagged ‘interconnection’

How Easy is it for Americans to Sell Electricity to the Grid?


A new report by Network for New Energy Choices (NNEC) — Freeing the Grid — shows which states make it easy for people to sell electricity to the grid and which make it difficult. In addition, the report compares the current situation with the situation in 2007.

Overall, there has been a lot of progress on this issue since 2007, but there are still several lagging states as well.

Cleantech Investments Reached New Heights in 2007

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Venture capital investments in clean technology reached an impressive $5.18 billion last year in North America and Europe. North American-based companies received three times the investments of the European-based companies. Not surprisingly, energy generation was responsible for $2.75 billion in investments, with solar energy shining.

“In 2007, solar emerged as a significant investment theme, and it was notable to us that of the top five solar deals of the year, three of [...]

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