… After the recession, the Rhode Island Infrastructure Bank (RIIB), a quasi-public state entity, soughtto bring much-needed clean-energy finance into the state market. This case study describes how this bank set up the Efficient Buildings Fund (EBF) and is … walk through the creation of the EBF and some of the factorsthat have led to itssuccess. Source Center for Business and The Environment at Yale Areas of FocusSustainable Finance and …
… Suzlon, an India-based wind energy company, had made quite a splash in its firstthree-and-a-half years on the international stage. By the end of 2007, the company wasthe market leader in Asia and had completed projects in fourteen countries across five continents. But many investors believed these first years were … wind turbines, Tanti discovered that wind energy was an even better businessthan textiles. Within six years of its incorporation, Suzlon had become the dominant player in the Indian …
… Bryan Garcia, the President and CEO of the Connecticut Green Bank, had a big decision to make. Garcia is a … Connecticut had a long history of considering climate change in state policy. As part of thistradition, Connecticut’s governor Dannel Malloy established the GC3 on Earth Day 2015 … energy needs. The nuclear power all came from a massive plantsituated near New London, CT called Millstone. The facility included two reactorsthat produced almost half of …
… In 2014, the Connecticut Green Bank released the second edition of its CTSolar Lease program in … contractorsto supportthe rising demand for residential and commercial solar systems. This case study focuses on the residential side of the solar-lease program. The program … structure of the program and presentsthe lessons learned from implementation challenges. Source The Yale Center for Business and the Environment Areas of FocusSustainable Finance …
… Before the federal government discontinued the United States Department of Energy’s (DOE) Qualified … (QECB) program in 2017 as part of itstax reform package, states like Virginia leveraged this program to accomplish energy efficiency goals. When evaluating how to use Virginia’s … room for creativity and adaptability to differentstates, locations, and projects. Source The Yale Center for Business and the Environment Areas of FocusSustainable Finance …
… On July 12, 2017, the Harvard Kennedy School of Government bestowed the prestigious Ash award in policy … Using transaction enablers and risk mitigants like loan loss reserve funds, interest rate buy-downs, subordinated debt, or warehousing facilities, the Green Bank lowered the cost of … In 2017, nearly 90% of the Connecticut Green Bank's operating funds came from public sources. How then could the Green Bank, whose mission rested on building trust, both insulate …