Articles by John Farrell
John Farrell is the author of Energy Self-Reliant States and a senior researcher at the Institute for Local Self-Reliance, where he focuses on renewable energy policy.
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Local Ownership Doubles Economic Value of Wind
Local ownership of a wind project accounts for half of its lifetime economic value to the community! From: Value Creation for Local Communities through Renewable Energies [pdf] This post originally […]
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Net metering a cost to utilities, or a benefit?
A version of this article originally appeared on ILSR’s Energy Self-Reliant States blog. Utilities often claim that allowing customers to run their meter backward (by generating electricity on-site, e.g. from […]
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Lots of solar power may reduce, not increase, electricity prices
A version of this post originally appeared on Energy Self-Reliant States, a resource of the Institute for Local Self-Reliance. Whether German feed-in tariffs or U.S. tax incentives, opponents of solar […]
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Ontario feed-in tariff prices drop, Germans pay much less
A version of this post originally appeared on Energy Self-Reliant States, a resource of the Institute for Local Self-Reliance. Ontario just completed a revision of their landmark feed-in tariff program […]
