The bill language also proposes changes to the Internal Revenue Service code that would terminate fossil fuel subsidies, extend
renewable electricity production tax credits for wind - generated electricity and permanently extend a business energy investment tax credit for solar or wind energy technologies.
Renewable energy policies, for example, are estimated to have saved around 96 Mt of carbon dioxide equivalent in 2005 by increasing
renewable electricity production in the 25 EU countries four-fold between 1990 and 2005, and boosting production of renewable heat and liquid biofuels for transport by 20 %.
California unions killed the Democrats» last - minute push to force the state to adopt 100
percent renewable electricity production by 2046, over worries the nation's highest utility costs are killing jobs.
I am not convinced there can be a sensible conversation about viable forms
of renewable electricity production (or even, really, technologies such as nuclear, or perhaps even energy at al), when climate dominates, at the expense of the idea of energy production for us so to speak.
The first crops of tomatoes and cucumbers grown inside electricity - generating solar greenhouses were as healthy as those raised in conventional greenhouses, signaling that «smart» greenhouses hold great promise for dual - use farming and
renewable electricity production.
In the U.S., Congress voted at the end of last year to extend
the renewable electricity production tax credit (PTC), the U.S. market's main incentive mechanism, and to phase it out by the end of 2019.
The condition of the grid does vary considerably depending on location, but the amount of actual physical work that needs to be done for all electricity to be produced by rooftop solar at times is not particularly large, provided we accept that at some times and places
some renewable electricity production will need to be curtailed.
Portugal's
renewable electricity production (mostly from hydropower and wind energy) exceeded monthly consumption in March.
Recently, however, some wind - generating plants have proven to be economically feasible in areas with good wind resources, compared with other conventional technologies, when coupled with
the Renewable Electricity Production Tax Credit (described below).
The history of infrastructure suggests that «take - off» in
renewable electricity production has already begun and will move very quickly now, especially when and where governments support that goal.