Tokyo Electric Power to construct solar plant in U.S.
According to the report, the company intends to benefit from incentives expected to be provided by the new U.S. government to boost solar power generation. The company plans to start operations at the 1,000kW plant by 2010.
Earlier, the U.S. government announced that it had allocated $38 billion for investments in the environmental and energy sectors and $20 billion in tax incentives to provide impetus to private investment in this sector.
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A Texas-Sized Gas-for-Electricity Swap
DALLAS - What would happen if you converted all the single-family homes in Texas from natural gas to electric heating?
According to a paper from Pecan Street, an Austin-based energy research organization, the transition would reduce climate-warming pollution, save Texas households up to $452 annually on their utility bills, and flip the state from a summer-peaking to a winter-peaking system. And that winter peak would be “nothing the grid couldn’t evolve to handle,” according to co-author Joshua Rhodes.
The report stems from the reality that buildings must be part of any comprehensive climate action plan.
“If we do want to decarbonize, eventually we…