… of customers. Those leases can be pooled and traded as liquid capital. In order to profit from this great opportunity for solar growth, investors and 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 …
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… while often being more resilient than built solutions to changes like sea level rise and climate change. Now the conservation community is wisely working directly with engineers – … Evidence Base for Nature-based Solutions “Engineers are too risk averse.” I’ve heard that from our scientists working to incorporate nature in engineers’ designs. But it is natural … places. For example, a case study by Conservancy scientists and Dow engineers showed that forests could be an economically-viable solution to reduce air pollution in Texas. Then we …
… relationship works (or doesn’t) in person. On March 4th, I drove the hour up Interstate 91 from New Haven to Avon and slipped into the back row of the library to observe the campaign … The workshop had already begun 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 …
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… On April 15 th , students, professors from Duke and Yale Universities, and executives from non-profit marketing firm SmartPower … 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 … managing the study added insight and depth as they connected the anecdotes to potential implications for the research. One of the interesting observations the SmartPower team made …
… and consumer purchases of EVs. EVs are becoming an increasingly large part of our clean energy economy and are a vital element of sustainable transportation. Because of the many … the same end goal by facilitating partnerships between market participants who can benefit from a more robust EV charging ecosystem. To read the full research report, please download … the same end goal by facilitating partnerships between market participants who can benefit from a more robust EV charging ecosystem. To read the full research report, please download …
… comes to growth in sustainable investing. This year’s US SIF conference , held in Chicago from May 5-6, brought together over 380 professionals from investment firms, consultancies, foundations, academia, corporations and policy … – 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 …
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