The Solar Business Alliance's 2012 Solar Lobby day

 

 

Please Join Us!!! 2012 SOLAR LOBBY DAY FEBRUARY 7th AT 11.00am  at the Old  Nickelodeon Theatre (behind the state house)

We will call out our state Senators and ask them to support Solar businesses, domestic energy and job creation in SC.  This has to be a grass roots effort we need your help for one day.    If you believe that South Carolina can and should develop a portfolio of future energy supplies that will strengthen our domestic economy and lessen our dependence on finite fossil fuel sources, take a few hours out of your busy lives and let your voice be heard.   The senate is normally business attire but we want you, your kids, and your neighbors to be heard and seen. The SBA, David and I look forward to seeing you there.   Feel free to email me with questions.

Let There Be Light in SC   Tuesday February 7th,  11:00AM - 1:30PM Meet at Old Nickelodeon Theatre at 11:00AM and LET YOUR VOICE BE HEARD. Please send RSVP to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.  by February 1st. David O'Dell, SBA President Andrew Streit, SBA Founder and Board Member Julie A. Cord, SBA Board Member http://solarbusinessalliance.com/

We will continue to partner with the South Carolina Solar Council to grow our grass roots effort.

 

Well over 60MW Installed in NC, 3.3MW installed in SC....

 

 

 

 

 

$300 million dollars of economic activity in NC, this is successful policy.

 

We are working closely with the North Carolina Sustainable Energy Association (NCSEA) to build smart policy for SC.

 

2.3.1 Key Public Policy Drivers

The first important REC policy in North Carolina was the formation of the NC GreenPower voluntary program in 2003.

The second important REC policy is the requirement that North Carolina electric utilities purchase RECs for compliance with the North Carolina Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Portfolio Standard, or REPS.

This state law, passed in 2007, requires investor owned utilities to provide 12.5 percent of their electric demand through renewable and efficiency resources and/or energy efficiency measures by 2021.

Electric membership corporations and municipal owned utilities must meet a 10 percent requirement by 2018.

In addition to NC Green Power and the REPS, North Carolina offers a renewable energy installation tax credit.

Individuals or businesses can receive up to a 35 percent state tax credit for investments related to the installation of renewable energy technologies.

NCSEA 2011 Jobs report.

 

 

 

Renewable energy grew strongly in 2010, as the total global investment in renewable energy reached $211 billion, up 32% from the $160 billion invested in 2009. Globally, the capacity of various renewable energy categories at the end of 2010 was:

·Solar PV – 40 GW

·Wind – 198 GW

·Geothermal – 11 GW

·Hydropower – 1010 GW

·Biomass power and heat – 62 GW

·Solar hot water/heating – 185 GW_th

The U.S. leads global capacity for geothermal and biomass heat and power, China leads on hydropower, wind power, and solar hot water, and Germany leads in solar PV capacity. Globally, solar PV capacity has increased by a factor of seven in five years. RE-WORLD July 2011