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Hans De Keulenaer

Higher energy bills for majority by 2020 despite government reassurances | Money | The ... - 0 views

  • But a deeper analysis requested by the Guardian shows that only one in three homes, or about 10.3m households, will see the predicted reductions in their combined bills as a result of installing one or more of the renewable energy or efficiency measures, or receiving the Warm Home Discount for low-income and vulnerable households. Meanwhile the majority of bill payers, 19.1m, will see an average increase in their bills, over and above the extra costs of rising fossil fuel prices and huge investment in the electricity grid.
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    With energy costs equivalent to 10% of the economy, and with lots of subsidies and taxes, the price consumers pay for energy is a grateful subject for spin doctors.
Hans De Keulenaer

GE Study Finds Tax Revenues from Wind Farms Offset Tax Incentive - 0 views

  • GE Energy Financial Services has released a study estimating that the federal production tax credit (PTC) for wind power that is set to expire December 31, 2008 more than pays for itself through tax revenues from the projects' income, vendors' profits and individual workers' wages.
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    Yet another story of apples and oranges.
Hans De Keulenaer

The TaxPayers' Alliance - Economics 101: New Research: EU energy policy could leave "pe... - 0 views

  • Ahead of the European Council meeting on 11th December, which will discuss EU energy policy, leading economist Ruth Lea warns in a new briefing paper for the TaxPayers' Alliance and Global Vision that the proposed EU Renewables Directive would drive up electricity costs, harm the economy and increase fuel poverty. In a comprehensive survey of research on the issue by the British Government, the House of Lords and leading think tanks and energy consultancies, she concludes that the potential costs of the Directive will be unsustainably high for consumers, businesses and the economy as a whole.
Jeff Johnson

Big U.S. retailers look to solar energy (ENN) - 0 views

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    In recent months, chains including Wal-Mart Stores, Kohl's, Safeway and Whole Foods Market have installed solar panels on roofs of their stores to generate electricity on a large scale. One reason is that they are racing to beat a Dec. 31 deadline to gain tax advantages for these projects. So far, most chains have outfitted less than 10 percent of their stores.
Hans De Keulenaer

Compulsory contributions from UK energy companies (11 Sep 2008) - Reckon LLP - 0 views

  • UK Government announcement (8 pages, PDF) of a plan to “propose legislation requiring energy suppliers and electricity generators to contribute an estimated additional £910 million” towards a “Home Energy Saving Programme”. This cost estimate relates to the period to March 2011.
Hans De Keulenaer

The Oil Drum: Europe | All that's wrong with 'common wisdom' in one article - 0 views

  • This article from The Telegraph is a wonderful example of pundit cluelessness and or wanton incompetence, and I'm going to rip it to shreds in detail below.
davidchapman

Biodiesel on death bed in Germany because of taxes | Green Tech blog - CNET News.com - 0 views

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    The biodiesel industry in Germany is nearing a state of collapse because of a tax increase that kicked in at the first of the year, according to a report on Reuters. Biodiesel refiners in Germany are only producing at 10 percent capacity, according to the Reuters story from a European biodiesel conference. That's down from 20 percent the year before.
Hans De Keulenaer

Cap and trade: Right debate, wrong solution | Cleantech Group - 0 views

  • But ultimately cap and trade is the wrong solution; superior means exist to achieve the results we need not only for the environment but also for national security and our economy. A better solution is a strategically targeted “ceiling” tax on carbon combined with a tax dividend.
Jeff Johnson

EarthTalk: Do city 'congestion taxes' really help the environment? | csmonitor.com - 2 views

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    Despite increasing green awareness and steadily rising gasoline prices, Americans and other denizens of the developed world - not to mention millions of new Chinese and Indian drivers hitting the road every week - are loath to give up the freedom and privacy of their personal automobiles. But snarled traffic, longer commute times, and rising pollution levels have given city transportation planners new ammunition in their efforts to encourage the use of clean, energy-efficient public transit. One of the newest tools in their arsenal is so-called congestion pricing (also called variable toll pricing), whereby cars and trucks are hit with higher tolls if they access central urban areas at traditionally congested times.
Jeff Johnson

U.S. Renewable Energy Growth Accelerates (ENN) - 0 views

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    Renewable energy markets surged in the United States in the first half of this year despite uncertainty over federal tax credits and a sluggish national economy, according to mid-year figures. Wind, solar, and geothermal energy are all on the rise. At least 17,000 megawatts (MW) of these three energy sources are now under construction. According to the Energy Information Administration, renewable energy will account for about one-third of new electricity generation added to the U.S. grid over the next three years.
Hans De Keulenaer

Carbon Pricing as a Policy Instrument to Decarbonize Economies | Energy Central - 1 views

  • The study analyzed the jurisdictional characteristics of 37 countries where carbon pricing mechanisms – both carbon taxes and cap-and-trade schemes – have been implemented or proposed as a means to support decarbonization.
  • Carbon leakage does not appear to represent an economically significant obstacle.
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