… Infrastructure Bank (RIIB), a quasi-public state entity, sought to bring much-needed clean-energy finance into the state market. This case study describes how this bank set up the … Portfolio Standard and a Systems Benefit Charge, which it leverages to support clean-energy activities. The Rhode Island Public Energy Partnership (RIPEP) was temporarily … RFP. All of these projects are net cash flow-positive, meaning they generate more savings than the total cost of the project and debt service. Over the project lifetime and …
… Green Bank, had a big decision to make. Garcia is a member of the Governor’s Council on ClimateChange (GC3), a group charged with creating a comprehensive climate strategy for the State … that strategy – nuclear power plants. There were strong proponents and opponents of nuclear energy on the GC3 and Garcia was weighing each side’s arguments before announcing his own …
… meet ambitious goals, looking to reduce waste in its and its suppliers' operations. In the energy area, the company was hoping to receive 50% of its energy from renewable sources by 2015, even in a period of rapid growth, increasing its … of the EVM wind farm had ignited Manuel Gómez Peña’s thinking about further renewable energy projects. Gómez, Walmart de México’s Director of Sustainability, was considering ways …
… movement." The Green Bank used financial structuring to attract private capital to clean energy projects in Connecticut. Using transaction enablers and risk mitigants like loan … investment in clean energy, create Connecticut jobs, promote energy security, and address climatechange. Further, changes to funding, structure, and products could all affect the "inclusive …
… NY Green Bank (NYGB), New York State’s $1-billion clean-energy fund, and a young new efficiency company named Sealed signed a $5-million … market for home energy-efficiency upgrades. In New York State, those upgrades face two key barriers to widespread adoption. The first barrier is that a whole-home upgrade is a high … increasingly familiar with residential energy-efficiency financing, they don’t use energysavings in their underwriting criteria. So the cost per project can be too low for …
… of greenhouse gases that these buildings emit and reduce their operating costs. While these energy-efficiency upgrades are often cash-flow-positive with the right loans, they have … for this underinvestment. Building owners and tenants do not always share reduced energy costs in a way that incentivizes owner investment. Financial institutions are … share in both the investment cost for energy-efficiency upgrades and the subsequent cost savings. Sustainable Finance and ESG Clean Energy Australia Clean Energy Finance Corporation …
… into Mexico's gasoline supply. As Mexican policy makers looked at the country's energy supply, they expected that substituting bioethanol for some portion of gasoline fuel … yet been developed. Second, ethanol could help Mexico meet its ambitious goals addressing climatechange. Third, biofuels could provide a new market for Mexico's struggling agricultural …
… 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 electricity bill prior to the … program uses the PAYS® framework. PAYS® is an on-bill-financing solution developed by Clean Energy Works (CEW), an organization founded by Dr. Holmes Hummel, who served as the Senior …
… Before the federal government discontinued the United States Department of Energy’s (DOE) Qualified Energy Conservation Bond (QECB) program in 2017 as part of its tax reform package, states like Virginia leveraged this program to accomplish energy efficiency goals. When evaluating how to use Virginia’s QECB allocation, decision …
… Suzlon, an India-based wind energy company, had made quite a splash in its first three-and-a-half years on the … company’s market capitalization had doubled since its IPO in 2005). Global demand for wind energy remained strong and Suzlon had added significant capacity. Indian textile … textile operations. After commissioning two wind turbines, Tanti discovered that wind energy was an even better business than textiles. Within six years of its incorporation, …