… After the recession, the Rhode Island Infrastructure Bank (RIIB), a quasi-public state entity, sought to bring much-needed clean-energy finance into the state market. … Agency (CWFA). Three other programs—Commercial Property-Assessed Clean Energy (C-PACE), Residential Property-Assessed Clean Energy (R-PACE), and the Brownfield Revolving Fund—were … programs for environmental projects in the state. One of these programs is the EBF, a financing program designed to accelerate energy-efficiency and clean-energy upgrades to …
… 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 loan-financing agreement as a way to broaden the market for home energy-efficiency upgrades. In … the cost over time. Second, while large-scale investors are increasingly familiar with residentialenergy-efficiencyfinancing, they don’t use energy savings in their underwriting …
… in "sparking the green bank movement." The Green Bank used financial structuring to attractprivate capital to clean energy projects in Connecticut. Using transaction enablers and risk mitigants like loan … two years. 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 …
… resources, absent a creditworthy off-taker the project would not have been able to line up financing. With Walmart de México’s 15-year PPA (Power Purchase Agreement) in hand, the … 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 … How could Walmart de México expand the program outside of Mexico to the other central American countries in which it operated? Was there a way to include suppliers into a …
… the second edition of its CT Solar Lease program in an attempt to create an accessible financing solution for independent local contractors to support the rising demand for … case study focuses on the residential side of the solar-lease program. The program combined public funds and private capital to finance residential solar projects and solar water heaters. CT Solar …
… 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 failed to … the repayment and is senior to the mortgage, providing the incentive necessary to attractprivate finance. It also addresses the misalignment of incentives by creating an …
… 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 manufacturer Tulsi Tanti founded Suzlon in 1995 to avoid having to rely on India’s notoriously …
… business at its core, but that has enough other extraneous problems that most people at a private equity fund decide it’s not worth doing,” he said. In particular, Blumenthal was … to consider investing in a paper mill in Nova Scotia. The mill, Pictou Pulp, manufactured northern bleached softwood kraft, a strong fiber that was used to create high-quality paper products. The mill had been run as a cost center for various public companies, and it had not made money in 40 years. In 2008 it was owned by Neenah …
… spiked and sales declined. Investors put pressure on Hande to lay off employees and contract the organization. With the help of the World Bank’s commercial finance arm, the … the solar equipment and sometimes this meant restructuring activities so that solar energy could power a client’s needs. From his field research, Hande realized early in … that the success of solar installations for the poor would depend on designing creative financing solutions for its customers. Many thought the capital expense of purchasing solar …
… 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 … relative to traditional QECBs and “qualified” projects. GCPs can issue bonds for any mix of public and/or private projects. In contrast, under the traditional QECB structure, a maximum of 30% of …