… Bryan Garcia, the President and CEO of the Connecticut Green Bank, had a big decision to make. Garcia is a member … and home heating). But the one constant had been the state’s nuclear power, which supplied more than one-fifth of Connecticut’s energy needs. The nuclear power all came from a massive … further pressure on keeping or expanding nuclear. On the other hand, there are ongoing health and safety, environment, and security concerns about nuclear power, as well as …
… Harish Hande and the company he founded, SELCO, provide solar electricity for lighting and power … in 2008. SELCO remained a for-profit business, but Hande was able to seek new investorsmore aligned with its mission. In addition, Hande was able to keep hissales and service … for redesigning off-the-shelf solar electric components to suit the particular needs of the urban and rural poor. The SELCO design process began with an extensive needs assessment of a …
… At the end of 2010, Jifan Gao, Trina Solar’s founder and chairman, wondered how his company could expand its presence in the … leading developers of solar projects. Trina supplied modules for a number of large, signature projects, developing a strong track record. Now, the company was looking to develop … industry itself. At the beginning of 2011, many analysts warned that PV manufacturers had more capacity than demand and that solar modules were passing from a seller’s to a buyer’s …
… As the Connecticut Green Bank works to design high-impact programs for the solar market, it … SHREC provides a stable funding structure for an expanded RSIP. The design of the RSIP wasmore effective than it wasset out to do. It accomplished its goals eight years ahead of … was accelerating faster than incentives could fulfill it—even as falling incentives dropped more rapidly than decreasing installed costs. The need to maintain the momentum of the solar …
… Suzlon, an India-based wind energy company, had made quite a splash in its first … After commissioning two wind turbines, Tanti discovered that wind energy was an even better business than textiles. Within six years of its incorporation, Suzlon had become the … electrical plants had mounted and the price of fossil fuels had skyrocketed. With little more than a cell phone and the internet, Pedersen set to work building Suzlon’s …
… Like many countries, Australia has a large existing building stock that is responsible for a substantial … Financial institutions are reluctant to lend when any claim that they might make in the event of a default is junior to the property mortgage holder. This is why the Environmental … creating an Environmental Upgrade Charge (EUC) that allows a property owner and a tenant to more equitably share in both the investment cost for energy-efficiency upgrades and the …
… On July 12, 2017, the Harvard Kennedy School of Government bestowed the prestigious Ash award in policy innovation, the "Nobel of … trust, both insulate itself from the political winds from the north, and move toward a moresustainable funding model? The bank’s management team needed to carefully consider how different funding structures would impact their mission to accelerate …
… A global leader in the insurance and asset management business, AXA had risen to the top ranks in terms of corporate … individual units to formulate their own CR goals. The CR team’s work also helped AXA become more visible within the larger CR community and led to the company’ssuccess on ratings … new metrics was a tall order, but would be another step to establishing CR inside AXA. Eventually, the company aspired to produce an “integrated report” that would define the …
… y Centroamérica decided to buy the power generated by the Electrica del Valle de México’s (EVM) wind farm, EVM’sstruggling project received a significant boost. While the proposed … and only a few tax incentives for the construction of renewable energy projects. Furthermore, there was a dearth of independent project developers with the resources and expertise … and only a few tax incentives for the construction of renewable energy projects. Furthermore, there was a dearth of independent project developers with the resources and expertise …
… The Upgrade to $ave Program provides Roanoke Electric Cooperative (REC) and its customers with a simple yet powerful energy-efficiency-financing product. To date, the program has performed much better than expected. Average realized savings have been on the order of 50% of the average … yet powerful energy-efficiency-financing product. To date, the program has performed much better than expected. Average realized savings have been on the order of 50% of the average …