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(Bloomberg) - Japan's proposed incentives for renewable energy will boost solar panel installations and help wean the nation off nuclear power, industry lobby groups and developers said. A government panel Wednesday recommended solar power providers earn 42 yen (52 U.S. cents) a kilowatt-hour for the electricity they produce, three times the 13.65 yen charged to industrial and commercial users, according to the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry. The preferential rate, known as a feed-in tariff, for solar power was recommended for 20 years. "The start of the feed-in tariff program will be a major step forward to expand the solar power market," said Tetsuo Kuba, president of Kyocera Corp., a solar panel maker. "We will expand our businesses in the mega-solar market," Kuba said in a statement. The panel's recommendation, which must be approved by Industry Minister Yukio Edano, marks another step in scaling back atomic power following the disaster at the Fukushima Dai- Ichi Plant last year and reducing carbon emissions linked to fossil fuel use. Japan currently gets about 9% of its electricity from renewables. The government's feed-in tariffs will require power utilities to pay above-market rates for electricity generated from renewable energy sources such as solar and wind. Wind and Geothermal Wind-generated power was recommended at 23.10 yen a kilowatt hour for plants with the capacity of 20 kilowatts or more and 57.75 yen for smaller ones, both for 20 years. For geothermal, the panel suggested 27.30 yen a kilowatt hour for plants with the capacity of 15,000 kilowatts or more and 42 yen for smaller plants, both for 15 years. The feed-in tariffs will be introduced in July to spur investment in solar, wind, geothermal, biomass and hydroelectric power generation. The program will replace an earlier one called "renewable portfolio standards" that require electricity retailers to buy set amounts of clean power at a price negotiated betwee

The sun emitted a significant solar flare which is classified as an X1.1-class flare. X-class denotes the most intense flares, while the number provides more information about its strength.

The sun emitted a significant solar flare which is classified as an X1.1-class flare. X-class denotes the most intense flares, while the number provides more information about its strength.

Solar panel electricity systems are also recognized as solar photovoltaic (PV). The concept behind the process of photo voltaic system is simple; they encapsulate the heat energy of sun with the help of photo voltaic cells.

http://sunnyfitness.tumblr.com/post/24189560649/lawrence-solomon-solamon-energy-scam-safety-news  Lawrence Solomon is a columnist with The Financial Post, the National Post (Toronto) and has been a columnist for the Globe and Mail (Toronto) a contributor to the Wall Street Journal, and the editor and publisher of The Next City magazine. Solomon describes himself as "one of Canada's leading environmentalists," am advisor to President Carter's Task Force on the Global Environment (the Global 2000 Report) in the late 1970's, and one who has "been at the forefront of movements to reform foreign aid, stop nuclear power expansion, save the world's rainforests and convert free roads to toll roads." He authored a book in 2008 titled The Deniers: The world-renowned scientists who stood up against global warming hysteria, political persecution, and fraud based on a series of articles he wrote for the National Post. Solomon is a founder and managing director of Energy Probe Research Foundation and the executive director of its Energy Probe and Urban Renaissance Institute divisions. Source: The Energy Probe. STANCE ON CLIMATE CHANGE "After writing 10 columns on the subject, one for each 'denier' and his theories, one fact is undeniable: The science is not settled. Not on man's role in causing the warming we've seen this century. Not on the consequences of this warming. Certainly not on the extent of warming - or cooling- to come." Source: "End the Chill." National Post. April 17, 2007. Solomon has promoted the views of numerous climate skeptics in his "Deniers" series: "The alignment of the planets, and especially that of Jupiter and Saturn, control the climate on Earth." Source: "Climate change by Jupiter." National Post. November 10, 2007. "The sun's increased irradiance over the last century, not C02 emissions, is responsible for the global warming we're seeing, says the celebrated scientist [Habibullo Abdussamatov], an