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Archive for February, 2010

Australia fixes REC price

Australia fixes REC price

The Australian Rudd Government has announced this morning that from 1 January 2011 the Renewable Energy Target will be separated into two parts and a fixed price of $40 per megawatt hour will be set for small-scale technologies. Renewable energy developments in Australia have been hampered by a plummeting REC price, driven by […]

Google enters US green energy market

Google enters US green energy market

Google has been awarded a Federal Regulatory Energy Commission (FERC) permit by the U.S. government, allowing the company to trade energy in the wholesale marketplace. The permit has been granted to Google through its subsidiary, Google Energy.However, is improbable that Google will be retailing electricity any time soon. The move is seen rather as a […]