Delaware redefines natural-gas-powered fuel cells as renewable.
'Bloom Boxes' a blow to clean energy
Wind, solar firms affected by calling fuel cells 'renewable'
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Dale Davis, president of the Delaware Solar Energy Coalition, which represents solar installers and manufacturers, said the state has assured him that Delaware installers will see the same amount of business as before the law was changed. But Davis worries about the precedent.
"Why don't we declare clean coal renewable, or nuclear?" Davis said...
...This, said Bill Zak, a Lewes environmentalist who led efforts to cut emissions at the coal-burning Indian River Power Plant, is a big reason to be skeptical that fuel cells represent a major advance.The idea of the renewable portfolio standard was to encourage zero-emission, self-replenishing electricity, he said.
If a fossil fuel, however transformed, can be considered renewable, "for me, the definition of renewable portfolio ceases to have real meaning," Zak said.
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Gee, if producing electricity from frack produced nat gas is considered renewable, meeting renewable portfolio standards should be a breeze! ; ^) |
