Avoiding the Cleantech Crash
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The coming expiration of many policies and subsidies has raised concerns that the clean tech sector, and the pace of energy innovation in the U.S., may experience a collapse, much as it has in past years when funding similarly dried up. Federal clean tech funding, Energy innovation, energy subsidies, cost declines in renewable energy.
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The Alliance to Save Energy is a nonprofit organization that promotes energy efficiency worldwide. It has over 60 staff members and an annual budget of $12 million. The Alliance represents policy leaders, environmental groups, businesses, and academia. It advocates for energy efficiency policies and works on initiatives in research, advocacy, education, and communications. Major federal energy efficiency laws and programs have been passed since 1975. Energy efficiency is the largest source of energy in the US, exceeding petroleum, natural gas, and coal. It has advantages like being the lowest cost source of energy and having no emissions. However, it also has disadvantages like requiring many individual decisions and upfront costs. The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act provided $26 billion for energy efficiency
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DLAU und die Lizenzen nach dem CCB- und CCX-Modell sind für viele in der HCL-Community seit letztem Jahr ein heißes Thema. Als Notes- oder Domino-Kunde haben Sie vielleicht mit unerwartet hohen Benutzerzahlen und Lizenzgebühren zu kämpfen. Sie fragen sich vielleicht, wie diese neue Art der Lizenzierung funktioniert und welchen Nutzen sie Ihnen bringt. Vor allem wollen Sie sicherlich Ihr Budget einhalten und Kosten sparen, wo immer möglich. Das verstehen wir und wir möchten Ihnen dabei helfen!
Wir erklären Ihnen, wie Sie häufige Konfigurationsprobleme lösen können, die dazu führen können, dass mehr Benutzer gezählt werden als nötig, und wie Sie überflüssige oder ungenutzte Konten identifizieren und entfernen können, um Geld zu sparen. Es gibt auch einige Ansätze, die zu unnötigen Ausgaben führen können, z. B. wenn ein Personendokument anstelle eines Mail-Ins für geteilte Mailboxen verwendet wird. Wir zeigen Ihnen solche Fälle und deren Lösungen. Und natürlich erklären wir Ihnen das neue Lizenzmodell.
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- 1. Avoiding the Clean Tech Crash: Can Renewable Energy Achieve Subsidy Independence? Joseph Desmond May 23, 2012 Proprietary & Confidential © 2012 BrightSource Energy, Inc. All rights reserved. 1
- 2. Incentives as Instruments of Federal Energy Policy Challenges associated with understanding the complete picture of energy incentives Many forms of incentives tax policy regulation research and development market activity government services disbursements. Types, amounts and targets change substantially over time Funded, managed and monitored in a variety of ways Agencies responsible for administering incentives change over time Difficulty tracking year-to-year changes in legislation and budgets Proprietary & Confidential © 2012 BrightSource Energy, Inc. All rights reserved. 2
- 3. 60 Years of Energy Incentives: Analysis of Federal Expenditures for Energy* Development * Management Information Services, Inc. for the Nuclear Energy Institute, Oct 2011 Proprietary & Confidential © 2012 BrightSource Energy, Inc. All rights reserved. 3
- 4. Long history of federal incentives to support energy policy objectives Findings indicate that the largest beneficiaries of federal energy incentives have been oil and gas, receiving more than half of all incentives provided since 1950 Source: Management Information Services, Inc. for the Nuclear Energy Institute, Oct 2011 Proprietary & Confidential © 2012 BrightSource Energy, Inc. All rights reserved. 4
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