… consumers demand standards and consistency from the industry. The new industry group Solar Energy Finance Association (SEFA) is one of several leaders shepherding in an era of solar … to increase the availability of capital to the solar industry, funded by the United States Department of Energy and led by National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL). Rottman … of installations, according to Rottman. Founding members include SolarCity, SunRun and Clean Power Finance. Rottman came to the solar industry in 2007 from a career in structured …
… Originally posted on the CleanEnergy Finance Forum Imagine you could design the electricity market in one state from scratch. There are no pre-existing programs to satisfy and no political baggage …
… Marshes absorbing floodwaters. Mangroves and reefs protecting coastal communities. Trees cleaning our air. They are increasingly seeing that these new nature-based solutions – … forward to seeing the world through the Conservancy’s glasses.” I was struck by this statement by a partner at an engineering company after a productive meeting about bringing … is beginning to hire engineers to help navigate this science/engineering divide – but this statement shows that isn’t the only solution. We can also better succeed when we can start …
… about the Solarize campaign running in their town. Solarize, which has unrolled across the state over the last three years, is a community-based program that leverages the power of … by the time I arrived. Barbara Welch, a solar consultant from Astrum Solar (now Direct Energy Solar), was walking the audience through the basics of how her company sites panels … buildings, that might limit daylight exposure. Hands shot up. Barbara recognized a clean-cut gentleman in the middle of the audience named Joel. “There are a lot of trees here …
… A new in-depth report on the electrical vehicle (EV) market suggests that states interested in boosting EV adoption rates should support the purchase of cars before … about charging station cost and availability fades away.” Read the executive summary at the CleanEnergy Finance Forum and download the full report . Equity and Justice CleanEnergy A Simple …
… was the final meeting of a five-year campaign. Everybody there was a partner in the Solar Energy Education and Diffusion Study (SEEDS) , a Department of Energy funded research … marketing programs. In total, 17 megawatts of solar have been contracted across the state since Solarize began—an undeniably significant figure. As a third year joint-degree student here at Yale, I’m about to graduate and begin my career in clean-tech marketing. I know that the insights I’ve learned through participating in SEEDS …
… models necessary to ramp up growth in the electric vehicle (EV) market in the United States. It also explores the relationship between charging stations and consumer purchases of EVs. EVs are becoming an increasingly large part of our cleanenergy economy and are a vital element of sustainable transportation. Because of the many …
… for approximately one out of every six dollars under professional management in the United States. Another sign that the sustainable investing “sphere of influence” is gaining … – U.S., spoke to the audience about how the finance industry can harness the same creative energy that invented tools like credit default swaps and instead channel it toward the … for approximately one out of every six dollars under professional management in the United States. Another sign that the sustainable investing “sphere of influence” is gaining …
… blight. Next, homE took the stage to describe a residential battery backup system that is cleaner and smarter than standard diesel generators—accessible through a smartphone and … outages by keeping essential appliances running. homE is a battery backup system that is cleaner and smarter than a diesel generator. Riding the rising tide of distributed energy storage and generation, homE will make electricity cheaper for ratepayers, and hasten …
… events and rising ocean levels will only amplify the challenges in coming decades. Federal, state and city governments are meanwhile responsible for flood management: the Army Corps of … today? Sarah Wilson : Right now, flood infrastructure is mainly funded by either federal, state or city governments, and it’s almost all gray infrastructure. So that means things … You mentioned high-value communities. Your project is focused on the New York Tri-State area [New York, New Jersey, Connecticut]. Why is that? HW : For a number of reasons. …