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B.C. to offer remote communities funding to develop clean energy sources

Neufeld says any communities that do not already have a community energy plan are eligible for funding to allow them to have the same type of energy options available in urban centres.

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Plumbing the oceans could bring limitless clean energy

“This has the potential to become the biggest source of renewable energy in the world,” says Robert Cohen, who headed the US federal ocean thermal energy programme in the early 1970s.

20Nov2008 | | 1 comment | Continued
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Obama Tax Policy Will Promote Clean Energy

“Both for individuals and businesses, there will a drive to promote both tax breaks and tax increases,” said Chas Roy-Chowdhury, global head of taxation at the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants.

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City Council Seeks Clean Energy Grant

The grants, which will be awarded next May, allot a minimum of $100,000 for renewable energy and energy efficiency measures in municipal buildings that serve low income residents. The Peabody school qualifies for the program because more than 50 percent of its students qualify for free and reduced lunch, Healy said at the meeting.

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State rules cloud distribution of clean energy funds

“Now nobody really knows what the rules are. We’ve got this whole game and bag of money and nobody knows the rules,” he said.

A consortium of nine entities, among them the county and all its municipalities, won the largest grant awarded through the state’s $10 million New Energy Communities Initiative, funded through federal mineral lease proceeds. The $1.605 million grant will help pay for specific projects such as LED streetlights in Rifle and solar arrays in each community, as well as help launch ongoing programs such as ones to boost energy efficiency and use of renewable energy in homes and businesses.

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