Beginning on March 1, residents of Gainesville, Florida with newly-installed solar photovoltaic systems will be able to receive 32 cents per kilowatt hour of electricity produced by their system and added to the regional grid. The so-called feed-in tariff will guarantee payment for any power produced over the subsequent 20 years. The new feed-in tariff is a long time coming for many renewable energy advocates who see the immediate potential the policy mechanism can have on growing renewable energy capacity, as well

as the impact said growth can have on the burgeoning solar and wind energy industries. Feed-in tariffs have been responsible for meteoric rise in renewable energy generation and the industries supporting it in Germany , Spain, and Denmark, but they have yet to take hold in the U.S., largely because of the fragmented nature of our electricity generation and transmission. Read more of this story »

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Florida City Passes First Solar Feed-in Tariff in US