Thursday, May 28, 2009

Tony Klein, Vermont State Representative, on new Vermont feed-in tariff law

Tony Klein, Chairman, Committee on Natural Resources and Energy in the Vermont House of Representatives, talks about the passage, implementation, and implications of Vermont's first-in-the-nation legislated statewide feed-in tariff law, recorded from Montpelier, Vermont, on May 28, 2009

Wednesday, May 27, 2009

Mark Rodgers at Cape Wind on final state siting approval

Mark Rodgers, Communications Director at Cape Wind, talks about the massive off-shore wind project's receipt of final siting approval from the Massachusetts Energy Facilities Siting Board, recorded from Massachusetts on May 27, 2009

Tuesday, May 26, 2009

Tom Collina at 2020 Vision on the need for many more plug-in electric vehicles

Tom Collina, Executive Director of 2020 Vision, talks about putting more plug-in electric vehicles on the road by adopting federal policies and new business models that will make them affordable, convenient, and green, recorded from Washington, D.C., on May 26, 2009

Wednesday, May 20, 2009

Deb Doncaster talks about Ontario's new Green Energy and Economy Act

Deb Doncaster, Executive Director, Community Power Fund Ontario, and Chair of the Green Energy Act Alliance, discusses the origins, nature, and implications of Ontario's new Green Energy and Economy Act, which establishes the first large-scale feed-in tariff program in North America, recorded from Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on May 20, 2009

Thursday, May 14, 2009

Deb Doncaster at CPFO talks about Ontario's Green Energy and Economy Act

Deb Doncaster, Executive Director of the Community Power Fund Ontario, and Chair of the Green Energy Act Alliance, discusses the passage of Ontario, Canada's, Green Energy and Economy Act, recorded from Toronto, Ontario, on May 14, 2009

Deb Doncaster at Community Power Fund Ontario on feed-in tariffs

Deb Doncaster at the Community Power Fund Ontario discusses the need for feed-in tariffs at the World Future Council's Feed-in Tariff Workshop in Washington, D.C., recorded on March 2, 2008

Friday, May 8, 2009

Tony Klein, Vermont State Representative, updates the story on H446

Tony Klein, Vermont State Representative from District Washington 7, discusses the post-passage fate of feed-in tariff bill H446, including the likelihood that it will be signed by Vermont Governor Jim Douglas and the chances of a veto override if it isn't, recorded from Montpelier, Vermont, on May 8, 2009

Yuri Chumak, Director at CapitalFusion Partners, talks about RECs

Yuri Chumak, Director at CapitalFusion Partners, discusses the role of Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs) in the transition to a less polluted and more energy-secure economy, recorded on May 8, 2009

John Joshi and Yuri Chumak at CapitalFusion Partners on Carbon Finance panels

John Joshi, Managing Principal, and Yuri Chumak, Director, at CapitalFusion Partners, report on the May 6, 2009, Environmental Finance Forum, "Carbon and Environmental Finance--An Executive Perspective," in New York City, recorded on May 8, 2009

Thursday, May 7, 2009

Andrew Perchlik at Renewable Energy Vermont on FIT H446

Andrew Perchlik, Executive Director of Renewable Energy Vermont (REV), talks about the status and impact of H446, a "standard offer" (feed-in tariff) bill that has now passed both houses of the Vermont Legislature and is about to be signed or vetoed by Vermont Governor Jim Douglas, recorded from Montpelier, VT, on May 7, 2009

Wednesday, May 6, 2009

Mark Duda at HSEA remains optimistic about FIT despite complexity of proceedings

Mark Duda, President of the Hawaii Solar Energy Association (HSEA), talks about the legislative and regulatory prospects for feed-in tariffs in Hawaii, in all their complexity, recorded from Hawaii on May 6, 2009

Monday, May 4, 2009

Charmaine Watts on REFIT-NZ web site and FIT campaign launch

Charmaine Watts, Founding Trustee and Chairperson of REFIT-NZ, talks about the launch of the group's campaign for a feed-in tariff for New Zealand, its web site, at www.refit.org.nz and related Twitter accounts at www.twitter.com/wattspower and www.twitter.com/refit-nz, recorded from near Auckland, NZ, on May 4/5, 2009

Saturday, May 2, 2009

Glenn Kerbein talks about the Pirate Party of the U.S.

Glenn Kerbein, administrator of the Pirate Party of the U.S., talks about its plans and policies, recorded on May 1, 2009

Friday, May 1, 2009

Craig Lewis advocates for feed-in tariffs (FITs) and wholesale distributed generation (WDG)

Craig Lewis, sponsor of comprehensive Feed-In Tariff (FIT) legislation in California, speaks about how a comprehensive FIT is the only policy mechanism that will allow California to achieve its Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS) mandates by unleashing the tremendous potential of the Wholesale Distributed Generation (WDG) market segment. The presentation file (.ppt) and other associated materials are available at www.solindsd.com.

John Joshi at CapitalFusion talks about Carbon Finance Panel in NYC

John Joshi, Managing Principal at CapitalFusion Partners, talks about the upcoming "Carbon and Environmental Finance--An Executive Perspective" panel scheduled for May 6, 2009, on Wall Street, recorded from New York on May 1, 2009