… What is hindering the availability of public capital and financing options for distributed solar? To some in structured finance, it seems like a great fit: solar assets produce reliable cash flows, backed by the good credit of customers. Those leases can be pooled and traded as liquid capital. In order to profit from this great opportunity … investors and consumers demand standards and consistency from the industry. 2534 Solar Energy Finance Association Emerges on the Scene … Lea Lupkin … What is hindering the …
… to consider. Your only guideline is to allow the continued growth of solar power and distributed generation. You’re given a blank slate on which to envision a long-term, sustainable energy market. What would it look like? Imagining a Fresh Start for the Power Grid … Imagine you could design the electricity market in one state from scratch. There are …
… and assesses their political viability. 2382 Which Solar Investment Tax Credit Strategy Can Survive the Federal Political Climate? … Kat Friedrich … What are the political options … plan and assesses their political viability. … Which Solar Investment Tax Credit Strategy Can Survive the Federal Political Climate? …
… What does an effective energy efficiency financing program look like? On May 31 in San Francisco, American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE) convened 23 representatives from across the country in a …
… financing in Massachusetts to a value-of-solar model. The newly founded Northeast Solar Energy Market Coalition (NESEMC) cosponsored the event, which was hosted by Solar Energy Business Association of New England (SEBANE). 2382 Value-of-Solar Study Proposed for … financing in Massachusetts to a value-of-solar model. The newly founded Northeast Solar Energy Market Coalition (NESEMC) cosponsored the event, which was hosted by Solar Energy …
… Some investors are looking with anticipation toward the development of secondary markets for energy efficiency in the United States. To provide an inside perspective on why these … crucial today, authors of the report “Accessing Secondary Markets as a Capital Source for Energy Efficiency Finance Programs: Program Design Considerations for Policymakers and Administrators” spoke with Clean Energy Finance Forum. 2382 A Behind-the-Scenes Look at Secondary Markets for Energy …
… are a natural home for solar and wind power. Will low oil prices slow their race to a clean energy future? Cheap Oil and Renewable Energy Compete in the Caribbean … Caribbean islands, with sky-high electricity prices and … are a natural home for solar and wind power. Will low oil prices slow their race to a clean energy future? … Cheap Oil and Renewable Energy Compete in the Caribbean …
… Academics, entrepreneurs and CEOs convened at the MIT Energy Conference held on Feb. 27-28 in Cambridge, Mass.. In the opening keynote, Robert Armstrong, director of MIT Energy Initiative, laid out the challenge: “How do you double energy production by mid-century and lower the carbon content?” 2534 MIT Energy Conference …
… residents. Jim Newman, principal of Linnean Solutions, said in a workshop at BuildingEnergy 15 on March 4 in Boston that “a lot of people are going to be sheltering in place.” … residents. Jim Newman, principal of Linnean Solutions, said in a workshop at BuildingEnergy 15 on March 4 in Boston that “a lot of people are going to be sheltering in place.” … …
… As the energy efficiency finance market grows and matures, are robust secondary markets inevitable, necessary, or even appropriate? This is the question that State and Local Energy Efficiency Action Network’s (SEE Action) Financing Solutions Working Group has … to answer in its new white paper, “Accessing Secondary Markets as a Capital Source for Energy Efficiency Finance Programs: Program Design Considerations for Policymakers and …