Renewable Energy

The definition of renewable energy is changing. At one time, dams were considered renewable energy, and still are in some green energy portfolios. Today, real renewable energy is available from sources that have a net reduction in carbon emissions and greenhouse gasses after production, transportation, and life cycle costs are considered. Solar thermal and electric, Wind, micro-hydro, and geothermal steam and ground couple heat pumps remain at the top of accessible renewable energy technologies while new techniques continue to be explored and discovered.

Many successful solar energy insallation companies have sprung up in Colorado, New Jersey, Hawaii, and the San Francisco Bay Area of California due to citizen and petition based incentives which pay as much as $4.50 per watt of installed grid intertied capacity once the system in inspected and comissioned by the local utility (which is required to go ahead and honor state (or provincial) and federal rebates for installed solar electric and hot wate systems ).