What's New
The state of feed-in tariff policy is rapidly evolving in Oregon, nationally and internationally. This resource will keep you up-to-date with what's new both in OREP and on our website. We encourage you to check back regularly as new postings become available, you'll find them here first.
August 2012
08/30/12
World FIT News
Italian Solar Generation Surpasses Wind for First Time; Paul Gipe, wind-works.org, August 30, 2012
Mauritius Closes Expanded Feed-in Tariff Program after Reaching Target; Paul Gipe, August 27, 2012
Good year for farmers making solar power; CBC News (Ottawa), August 13, 2012
From Global Pariah to Green Giant: Does Germany Hold a Key to Our Sustainable Future?; Francis Moore Lappe, Huff Post Green, 08/10/2012
Ontario Power Authority: Final documents for Version 2 of the FIT Program are now available; OPA, August 10, 2012
08/29/12
World FIT News
Energy Cooperatives invest 800 Million Euros in Energy System Transformation in Germany; By BSW-Solar, German Solar Industry Association
German Village Achieves Energy Independence… And Then Some; BioCycle, August 2011
Oregon FIT News
Governor Kitzhaber's 10 Year Energy Action Plan Comments; OREP and supporters
US FIT News
California Environmental Justice Alliance; Sponsors of CA AB1990, Solar for All
Energy | Climate Change: Solar Energy
TREIA Releases Policy Statement on Solar Electric and Other "Distributed" Renewable Energy Technologies; Debrah Dubay, RenewableEnergyWorld.com, April 20, 2012
08/08/12
US FIT News
Palo Alto, Calif. Had a Solar Feed-In Tariff and Nobody Came; Eric Wesoff, greentechSolar,
August 2, 2012
Reports
Ontario Feed-in Tariff 2011 Review; Green Energy Act Alliance, December 2011
Providing all global energy with wind, wave and solar power, Part 1; Mark Jacobson & Mark Delucchi of the Depts. of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Stanford University and UC
Davis, December 30, 2010
Energy | Climate Change
Virtual Power Plants Are for Real; Trevor Curwin, CNBC, April 13, 2012
08/07/12
Energy | Climate Change: Community Power
Community Wind Power: Local Power for Local People; BWE: German Wind Energy Association, June 2012
World FIT News
Poland–European Bastion of Neoliberalsim–Moving to Feed-in Tariffs; Paul Gipe, August 7, 2012
Getting the German picture right; Craig Morris, Renewables International, July 17, 2012
08/06/12
Energy | Climate Change
Climate change is here — and worse than we thought; Dr. James Hansen, Washington Post, August 3, 2012
The Conversion of a Climate-Change Skeptic; Richard A. Muller, The New York Times, July 28, 2012
Global Warming's Terrifying New Math: Three simple numbers that add up to global catastrophe - and that make clear who the real enemy is; Bill McKibben, Rolling Stone, July 19, 2012
OREP Commentaries
OREP Comments on Governor Kitzhaber's 10 Year Energy Action Plan; July 31, 2012
Energy | Climate Change: Community Power
First Major U.S. Solar Project Approved on Tribal Land; Steve Leone, RenewableEnergyWorld.com, June 22, 2012
World FIT News
US Re-takes Lead in Clean Energy Race from China — But Not for Long; Tom Konrad, RenewableEnergyWorld.com, April 20, 2012
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OREP's Vision for a sustainable, decentralized energy future:
- A sustainable economy with family-wage, energy jobs throughout the state
- Farmers, ranchers, tribes, and rural communities harnessing Oregon's abundant and varied renewable resources
- Private and community ownership of solar panels across the built environment
- Local financing of renewable energy projects keeping energy dollars recirculating in Oregon
- Flourishing renewable energy industries across the state
- Energy-informed voter support for renewable energy
- A healthy environment, minimally impacted by energy production
Note: OREP is no longer an active organization. We chose to leave our website up for the time being for the archival value it provides. 
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