Pointing out that three quarters of the world’s renewable energy was installed with support from a feed in tariff (FIT), Paul Newman of the Arizona Corporation Commission explained that Arizona “is pushing the possibility of a FIT to get some renewable infrastructure in the ground.” Unlike up front rebates based on the size of a [...]

Chinese solar-panel maker Canadian Solar (NASDAQ:CSIQ) today announced plans to open a manufacturing plant in Ontario, Canada. According to the company press release, the facility will be capable of producing 200 megawatts (mWs) of solar modules each year and is expected to create 500 local manufacturing jobs. Investors responded positively, initially driving shares up about [...]

Just as California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger signs into law a statewide feed-in tariff (see Margaret’s post from a few hours ago), Bloomberg has reported that Germany’s new ruling coalition intends to reduce incentives for solar power generation: While talks “are still in a preparatory phase” on energy policy for the next four years, “we’ll definitely [...]

Michigan solar gets a boost from their newly-launched solar feed-in tariff, a program of Consumers Energy.

As many of you solar geeks out there probably know, Gainesville Regional Utilities (GRU) recently launched a feed-in tariff, or FIT — the first of its kind in the country. Generally speaking, FITs create two main benefits for solar buyers. First, they ensure that residents and businesses who go solar get paid a premium for [...]

The city of Gainesville, Florida has just approved a feed-in tariff solar incentive, making it the first location in the USA to offer the same kind of solar electric incentive offered successfully by many European countries.