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	<title>Smart Power Market Watch &#187; Financing</title>
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		<title>Arithmetic trumps Ideology: Digging Into Conservative Misconceptions of Energy Costs</title>
		<link>http://www.smartpowercommunity.com/2010/09/arithmetic-trumps-ideology-digging-into-conservative-misconceptions-of-energy-costs/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Sep 2010 03:42:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chad Blevins</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[September 2, 2010 in Energy &#38; Fuel Here is an excellent guest post by an energy veteran and businessman on the costs of clean energy compared to old, dirty energy. We’ve been writing on clean energy more and more these days. It is clearly one way to address global climate change, air pollution, and water pollution.


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		<title>Smart Grid and Renewable Technologies May See Double Digit Growth in Five Years</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Aug 2010 05:15:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chad Blevins</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Aug 27, 2010 Renewable energy technologies, fueled by worldwide government support in the form of stimulus programs and other incentives, have improved the global economic outlook with new jobs and industry. Six will hit double digit growth in the next five years — and change our lifestyle, according to a series of market studies from


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		<title>FHFA statement could bring PACE residential retrofits to a halt unless Congress steps in</title>
		<link>http://www.smartpowercommunity.com/2010/07/fhfa-statement-could-bring-pace-residential-retrofits-to-a-halt-unless-congress-steps-in/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Jul 2010 16:11:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chad Blevins</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[MARK BOSLET: JULY 9, 2010 PACE Program on Life Support FHFA statement could bring PACE residential retrofits to a halt unless Congress steps in. Just when you thought things couldn&#8217;t get worse, there&#8217;s more bad news for the home energy retrofit program PACE. PACE was already under pressure from mortgage lenders Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.


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		<title>7th Renewable Energy Finance Forum &#8211; Wall Street (29-30 June)</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jun 2010 19:18:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chad Blevins</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Date: June 29, 2010 to June 30, 2010 Cost: $1595+ Website: http://www.reffwallstreet.com Location: New York, NY US Why Attend Held at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel on June 18-19, 2008, the conference once again took the lead as the annual event for the US renewable energy and finance industries. Over 700 senior decision makers from 450 companies and 20 countriesattended


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		<title>Financing Renewable Energy Conference, Nov 10-11, Washington, D.C.</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jun 2010 21:24:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chad Blevins</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Put the power of knowledge behind your RETC transactions. Hear industry news and updates, hone your technical skills and spend two days exploring the many opportunities made available by the renewable energy tax credit program. Who Should Attend? Accountants Developers Investors and lenders Government agency officials Not-for-profit representatives Entrepreneurs and venture capitalists Why You Should


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		<title>Will Fanny and Freddy Stop PACE? (Mortgage Lenders vs Property Tax)</title>
		<link>http://www.smartpowercommunity.com/2010/06/will-fanny-and-freddy-stop-pace-mortgage-lenders-vs-property-tax/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jun 2010 14:07:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chad Blevins</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A national response over lender concerns about green retrofit programs ROSALIND JACKSON AND ANNIE CARMICHAEL: JUNE 8, 2010 Cities and counties throughout the U.S. are developing new finance programs that support green retrofits in their communities. Called PACE, these programs represent one of the most promising tools available to local governments eager to bring new


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		<title>Adam Capital (Clean Energy Asset Finance), Solar Solutions Close $500k Renewable Energy Loan Agreement</title>
		<link>http://www.smartpowercommunity.com/2010/04/adam-capital-clean-energy-asset-finance-solar-solutions-close-500k-renewable-energy-loan-agreement/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Apr 2010 11:18:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chad Blevins</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[April 29, 2010 Adam Capital offers collateralized loans between $250,000 and $3 million to commercial scale renewable energy developers of Solar, solar Thermal, Wind, Waste to Energy, and Biofules. SONOMA, Calif., Adam Capital Clean Energy Asset Finance, the leading collateral-based lender serving distributive commercial renewable energy developers, today announced the closing of a $500,000 loan


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		<title>Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) Web Conference from AltaTerra Research</title>
		<link>http://www.smartpowercommunity.com/2010/04/property-assessed-clean-energy-pace-web-conference-from-altaterra-research/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Apr 2010 04:37:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[April 28, 2010 Web conference, &#8220;PACE Funding: Energy Market Breakthrough?&#8221; to be held Wednesday, May 19th. &#8220;Despite the rapid increase in PACE programs, there are still a number of questions surrounding PACE programs,&#8221; said Jon Guice, Managing Director of Research at AltaTerra Research. &#8220;For example, mortgaging agencies, such as Fannie and Freddie Mac, have raised


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		<title>San Antonio&#8217;s #solar #PACE Program &#8220;on the rocks&#8221; (#Texas #cleantech #finance)</title>
		<link>http://www.smartpowercommunity.com/2010/03/san-antonios-solar-pace-program-on-the-rocks-texas-cleantech-finance/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:21:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[San Antonio’s woulda-been-groundbreaking solar PACE program on the rocks Greg Harman gharman@sacurrent.com Thirty-nine percent of San Antonians are ready to install solar panels and solar hot-water heaters on their rooftops, according to a survey performed last year for the non-profit clean-energy-advocating Solar San Antonio. That is, they’re ready to go solar — if they could


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		<title>#Texas #PACE Program: A Game Changer for the #Green Economy (#cleantech #finance)</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:36:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A game-changer for a green economy is closer than you think Posted Tuesday, Mar. 09, 2010 By MITCHELL SCHNURMAN mschnurman@star-telegram.com Berkeley, Calif., and Boulder, Colo., may seem like unlikely role models for just about anyplace in Texas. Unless the subject is the green economy. Those bastions of liberalism are among a handful of cities and


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