Hydra Fuel Cell Corp. Installs North America's First Residential Hydrogen Fuel Cell System (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance) |
| BEAVERTON, Ore.----Hydra Fuel Cell Corporation , a wholly owned subsidiary of American Security Resources Corporation , announced today that it has made an historic first installation of a complete HydraStax® fuel cell system at a residence on the Texas coast, Saturday, October 27, 2007. |
Berkeley Offers Residents Unique Financing Option for Solar |
| The City of Berkeley, California is set to become the first city in the U.S. to allow property owners to pay for solar system installation and energy efficiency improvements as a long-term assessment on their individual property tax bill. |
When Will Congress Pass Tax Credits for Renewable Energy? |
| When will Congress extend the tax credits for geothermal and other renewable energy technologies? -- Tom J., White Plains, New York |
IRS Creates Safe Harbor for Wind Energy "Flip" Transactions |
| The Internal Revenue Service has published a revenue procedure establishing a safe harbor with respect to allocation of production tax credits from wind energy facilities. Section 45 of the Internal Revenue Code (IRC) provides for a renewable electricity production credit for each kilowatt hour of electricity produced by the taxpayer from a qualified energy resource, including wind, at a qualified facility and sold to an unrelated person during the taxable year. The credit continues for 10 years from the time the facility was originally placed in service. Wind energy projects frequently are owned and operated by LLCs formed between a wind developer and one or more investors interested in earning returns from operating cash flow and IRC ? 45 credits from the project. The IRS previously had announced that it would no longer rule on any issues for partnerships (LLCs generally are treated as partnerships for federal tax purposes) claiming the IRC ? 45 production tax credit. |
Lib Dems attack Brown on fall in green taxes (Guardian Unlimited) |
| Green taxes have fallen for the past seven years and are at the lowest share of national income for a quarter of a century, the Liberal Democrats reveal today. By Ashley Seager. |
Lib Dems attack Brown on continuing fall in green taxes (Guardian Unlimited) |
| Green taxes have fallen for the past seven years and are at the lowest share of national income for a quarter of a century, the Liberal Democrats reveal today. |
Tories set to back stamp-duty cut for home-owners who go green (The Scotsman) |
| DAVID Cameron will this week try to re-establish his green credentials with a package of environmental policies including tax rebates for low-carbon homes and a crackdown on energy-burning household gadgets such as plasma televisions. |
Hydro project shows benefits of green power (Coast Reporter) |
| An award-winning local run-of-river hydro project is demonstrating the potential of green power on the Sunshine Coast, as a means of gaining energy independence for B.C., reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and keeping jobs and tax revenue close to home. |
Hydro project shows benefits of green power (Coast Reporter) |
| An award-winning local run-of-river hydro project is demonstrating the potential of green power on the Sunshine Coast, as a means of gaining energy independence for B.C., reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and keeping jobs and tax revenue close to home. |
Personal biodiesel exempted from tax (Asheville Citizen-Times) |
| RALEIGH -- Gov. Mike Easley has signed a law that exempts some biodiesel fuel from taxes. |
Delos Aerospace, L.L.C. Announces Issuance of Two US Patents on GREEN Technology to Reduce Aircraft Fuel Burn, Reducing ... (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance) |
| Delos Aerospace has been Awarded Two Patents for an In-Wheel Electric Motor/Generator System and Method U.S. Patent No. 7,226,018 and U.S. Patent No. 7,237,748 That Will Provide for Safer Landing and Ground Maneuvers of Aircraft and Eliminates the use of Jet Engines for Taxiing or Other Ground Maneuvers and Significantly Reduces Fuel Burn on Assisted Takeoff. |
Government flexes green muscle power (The New Zealand Herald) |
| The Government is using its buying power to force companies to go green. New rules announced today mean taxpayer money will have to be spent on goods and services which benefit the environment - driving the business world to make sure it is offering eco-friendly options. |
State funds to help build biodiesel plant at Stockton port (The Daily Comet) |
| STOCKTON, Calif. State officials approved giving $8 million to a Southern California company building a biodiesel plant at the Port of Stockton. The tax-free bond financing is intended to help underwrite development costs for the renewable fuel plant, the state treasurer's office said Tuesday. |
Nigeria: Man Tasks S'East Govs on Alternative Energy (AllAfrica.com) |
| Irked by the collapse of industries in the South-east, occasioned by poor supplies of electricity and over-taxation, a member of the National Executive Committee (NEC) of Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN), Dr Chike Obidigbo, has urged governors of the five states in the zone to source alternative energy. |
Public opposed to green tax hikes (Louth Leader) |
| People are worried about damage to the environment but opposed to increases in green taxes, a new poll reveals. |
Senate passes energy measure (Lexington Herald-Leader) |
| FRANKFORT-- The special lawmaking session, Gov. Ernie Fletcher's second of the summer, ended yesterday as the Senate gave final approval to an energy bill that will provide hundreds of millions of dollars in tax breaks for companies to develop alternative fuels. Fletcher, a strong supporter of the measure, said it "will place Kentucky at the forefront of the national movement to develop ... |
German Biodiesel Industry Peaks, Trouble Ahead |
| Germany's biodiesel production capacity is set to rise to a record 5 million tons in 2007, but analysts have warned that the boom in the country's biodiesel industry is coming to an end after the industry failed to block the government from rolling back a key tax relief scheme in court this July. |
The 15-minute tip: Tracking energy-saving tax breaks (Market Watch) |
| NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- You read or hear something almost every day about "going green" and how it will save energy costs. You also hear a lot about tax breaks: new breaks, new rules, solar credits, hybrid credits, state rebates, utility rebates. It's enough to make your head spin. |
House vote expected today on energy bill (Lexington Herald-Leader) |
| The Kentucky House is expected to pass an energy bill today. The measure sailed through the Appropriations and Revenue Committee 26-2 yesterday after nearly six hours of testimony from supporters and opponents. The bill includes tax incentives for alternative energy projects, money for energy research and measures to improve energy efficiency in state government and small businesses. Director Tom ... |
Tax burden threatens solar energy with collapse (News From Bangladesh) |
| A recent decision of the National Board of Revenue (NBR) to impose five per cent tax on solar panels, an extremely promising alternative and renewable energy source, threatens the expansion of popular home solar systems, informed sources tell The New Nation. |
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