The Swiss, famed for conservative traditions, stodgy bankers, and trains that run on time, have joined a growing list of countries using feed-in tariffs [a.k.a. Renewable Energy Payments] to promote the rapid development of renewable energy.
Not content to start with a timid program incrementally raising the bar year by year, the Swiss federal government this spring launched a full-system of feed-in tariffs differentiated by technology, size, and application. There are tariffs, or payments per kilowatt-hour (kWh), for solar photovoltaics, wind, hydro, geothermal, and biomass.
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Oh, that's such exciting news!
Posted by: Becca | July 18, 2008 at 01:15 PM