MANILA, Philippines, Jan. 5 -- The Philippine Energy Department announced it issued four contracts for hydropower projects.  permaLink:1231185000-7578

Incentives and Rebates Nevada's Energy Portfolio Standard declares that by 2015, state's total energy should be 20% derived from renewable sources, and in it 5% must come from solar energy. This declaration came with an incentive for power companies; Government will approve their application for credit. This credit will be calculated from the total number of renewable kilowatts they will generate. Government has shown enormous interest in solar energy by keeping the largest credit for Solar Power, $2.4/KW precisely. Property Tax Abatement The Nevada's law has gone through some amendments to encourage people to use renewable energy sources including solar power. To summaries the matter, Database of State Incentive for Renewable & Efficiency (DSIRE) puts it here "In the special session of June 2005, Nevada passed Assembly Bill number 3, which included provisions for a partial abatement of property taxes for property that has a building or structure that meets or exceeds the United States Green Building Council's LEED Silver rating system. The partial abatement was for duration of not more than 10 years and was not to exceed 50% of the property taxes due." The Buildings categorized as Silver Level can receive 25%, Gold Level 30% and Platinum Level 35 % abatement of tax. All this proved to be a very successful measure, as of June 2007 around 63 million square feet had applied for tax abatement. Net Metering It is a method related to measuring the energy generated and consumed at a private building. Sometimes it happens that a consumer who is generating power is left with surplus electricity, than Net-metering ensures the calculated meter backward movement, depending on the state's rules. In a way it is the crediting of excessive electricity to the consumer's account. Nevada's Net Metering rules are described by DSIRE as "Systems up to one megawatt (MW) in capacity that generate electricity using solar, wind, geothermal, biomass and certain types of hydropower are generally eligible, although systems greater than 100....  permaLink:1230963000-1016

Brazilian President Luiz Incio Lula da Silva's main international affairs advisor, Marco Aurlio Garcia, says that Brazil is willing to correct with Paraguay some practical distortions in the implementation...  permaLink:1230743000-4375

A top official from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) will appear in Fort Bragg on Tuesday, Jan. 13 to explain the agency's strategy on developing what it calls "hydrokinetic" power as an alterative energy source.  permaLink:1230680000-8516

America's search for cleaner electricity has developers studying dozens of government flood-control dams from North Carolina to Oregon to see if it makes financial sense to retrofit them with hydroelectric turbines. The studies are part of a broader trend that has developers looking at everything f...  permaLink:1230589000-0469

Ocean Energy Coalition Presents Recommendations SustainableBusiness.com, NY - 50 minutes ago That energy amount is equivalent to all hydroelectric energy in the US today. The coalition was convened earlier this year by Environmental Defense Fund...  permaLink:1230566000-6094

America's search for cleaner electricity has developers studying dozens of government flood-control dams from North Carolina to Oregon to see if it makes financial sense to retrofit them with hydroelectric...  permaLink:1230439000-7314

A top official from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) will appear in Fort Bragg on Tuesday, Jan. 13 to explain the agency's strategy on developing what it calls "hydrokinetic" power as an alterative energy source.  permaLink:1230238000-8438

Hydroelectric plant proposed at Blue Marsh Lake Reading Eagle, PA - 6 minutes ago By Darrin Youker Lower Heidelberg Township - The Delaware River Basin Commission has approached the federal government with a plan to install a...  permaLink:1230182000-1563

A top official from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) will appear in Fort Bragg on Tuesday, Jan. 13 to explain the agency's strategy on developing what it calls "hydrokinetic" power as an alterative energy source.  permaLink:1230136000-0781

Detroit Edison RFP North American Windpower - 1 hour ago Qualifying renewable technologies include energy produced from wind, solar, landfill gas, biomass, anaerobic digesters, geothermal , hydroelectric dams,...  permaLink:1230131000-6484

Russian companies will assist Nicaragua in building hydroelectric and geothermal plants in the Central American country, the president of the Nicaraguan Electricity Company (ENEL) has said.  permaLink:1230110000-2656

By JOHN C.K. DALY UPI International Correspondent WASHINGTON, Dec. 23 -- Tajikistan is now the poorest of the nations to emerge from the former Soviet Union. Following independence, the country descended into a brutal 1992-1997 civil war between the former Communist leadership and Islamic militants. By its end 50,000 were dead and the countrys economy was in tatters. One of the few Soviet legacies left unscathed during the conflict was Tajikistan's massive Nurek hydroelectric facility on the Vakhsh River, which epitomizes the countrys heavy dependence on hydroelectric power. Tajikistan is now reaching out to foreign investors to exploit its natural gas resources in an attempt to lessen its dependence on hydroelectric power.  permaLink:1230071000-3906

Hydroelectric power has always been a pretty "green" way to generate electricty, simply interrupting the natural hydrological cycle to borrow some of its potential energy to convert to electrical power. Green, that is apart from the thousands of...  permaLink:1230042000-2969

Idaho Power rate case gets technical, public hearing Idaho Business Review, United States - 7 minutes ago... Idaho Powers low-cost source of hydroelectric energy , the states lower-than-average retail rates and certain regulatory measures reduce its risk...  permaLink:1229923000-8438

SanFranciscoSentinel.com State's green- energy future down to one choice: Renewable or clean Palm Beach Post, United States - 10 hours ago According to Florida law, it is a fuel from biomass, geothermal , solar or wind energy and power from ocean tides and currents, hydroelectric and... Rebuilding the Power Grid MIT Technology Review all 49 news articles  permaLink:1229922000-5234

The Post-Standard - Syracuse.com Cooperative Extension helps farmer with energy costs The Post-Standard - Syracuse.com, NY - 42 minutes ago Schell cited geothermal, biomass and hydroelectric energy generation as potential topics for future discussions. He said the agency could also work to...  permaLink:1229892000-1719

Pacific Hydro Ltd. , the Australian hydropower and wind energy producer, said it expects to proceed with about A$2 billion ($1.4 billion) of wind energy projects once the nations renewable energy legislation is passed.  permaLink:1229678000-8125