On July 2007, the meeting of several professional skills and experiences in the energy industry, proceeding from University, Research, Business and Credit areas, gave birth to SIES, aiming to become an “Excellent Point” for research and promotion of energy production from renewable (RET) and traditional sources technologies.
Developing a spread energy framework through the region by means of structural interventions on the power engineering and production systems. In this perspective SIES cooperates with many local stakeholders, in order to:
- Achieve a fair remunerability for RETs, by setting up new techniques to manage the renewable energy distribution network and by developing innovative technologies to improve production performances and to cut down costs;
- Get an effective market access to enable the best exploitation of local resources and the establishement of energy industries enhancing the Sardinian power system.
- Help investors to easily access credit and through cooperation policies driving to the development of RETs in Sardinia.
While much attention has rightly been given to the expiration of the Section 1603 cash grant program at the end of 2011, there are other tax incentives for renewable energy that are also set to expire in the upcoming years. The decisions as to whether to renew these incentives will have a major impact on the future of renewable energy in the U.S. as these existing and new programs have been instrumental in sustaining investor and lender interest in the renewable energy... 
Ahead of the GeoPower Indonesia & Philippines conference in Jakarta, I caught up with Edward McCartin, Senior Development Advisor at Alterra Power, a speaker at the June meeting that will host the key stakeholders in the Asian geothermal industry.
Alterra Power Corp is a leading renewable energy developer, whose portfolio includes two geotherm