Union of Concerned Scientists Andrew Belden – Steven Clemmer – Kathryn Wright July 2015 States can help increase investments in renewable energy and energy efficiency by utilizing “green banks,” institutions that use innovative financing initiatives to assist customers with developing clean energy. This promising avenue for scaling up investments in clean energy is particularly useful […]
Clean Energy, Renewable EnergyForbes By Ucilia Wang March 5, 2015 SunEdison has bought an energy storage developer to expand its reach into an emerging market that will rely partly on the increase of wind and solar energy generation to grow. SunEdison closed the deal to buy Solar Grid Storage in January, paying an undisclosed sum. The sale of Solar […]
Clean EnergyStamford Advocate By: Alexander Soule February 3, 2015 Connecticut’s Green Bank has proposed reinvigorating a state program intended to help homeowners finance the installation of solar panels and other clean energy systems via a surcharge on their annual property tax statements. First authorized by the Connecticut General Assembly in 2011, the Residential Property Assessed Clean Energy, […]
Clean Energy, Green Bank, R-PACEtheGuardian January 9, 2015 Global investment in clean energy jumped 16% in 2014, boosted by fast-growing solar power in the US and China. Solar, whose costs have plummeted in recent years, attracted over half the total funding for the first time. The green energy market has been gloomy in recent years and the rise in […]
Clean Energy, Energy EfficiencyCleanTechnica December 30th, 2014 by Joshua S Hill Ask me a year ago what my primary focus in life would be today, and even I would not have been able to foresee just how important global renewable energy investment news would become in my day-to-day work life. But my career trajectory has followed quite clearly […]
Clean EnergyRenewableEnergyWorld.com Bill Scanlon, NREL November 26, 2014 The clean energy revolution is now, and the U.S. Energy Department is stepping up its commitment to help innovators commercialize their best ideas. At the recent Industry Growth Forum (IGF) in Denver, Colorado, Assistant Secretary for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy David Danielson announced the new Lab-Corps […]
Clean Energy, NREL, REEBA, Renewable EnergyAmerican Banker By: Reed E. Hundt November 11, 2014 Please insert this fact in the thin file of good election news for climate change battlers: candidates supporting the creation of state green banks won in nine out of nine states. Green bank-friendly governors will be inaugurated in Rhode Island, Connecticut, Vermont, New York, Colorado, California, […]
Clean Energy, Green Bank, REEBAHartford Business Journal November 11, 2014 Connecticut announced the addition of 275 new clean energy and clean transportation jobs in the third quarter of 2014, ranking the state No. 7 in the U.S. for growth, a new report says. Nationwide, more than 18,000 clean energy and transportation jobs were announced in 23 states during the […]
Clean Energy, HBJ, REEBAClean Energy Finance Forum October 28, 2014 by Marley Urdanick How can alternative financing solutions help expand clean energy through capital markets? Industry experts convened at this year’s Asset-Backed Securities (ABS) East conference in Miami on Sept. 20-23 to discuss these possibilities. Yieldcos, crowdfunding or peer-to-peer (p2p) markets, and property-assessed clean energy (PACE) financing could […]
Clean Energy, REEBAClean Energy Finance Forum September 22, 2014 by Michael Puckett Recent attention and growth in clean energy development has largely been focused on either the household scale or the utility scale, leaving the medium-scale market to languish. Despite significant challenges, a growing number of players in the industry are beginning to recognize this untapped potential. […]
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