… How can alternative financing solutions help expand cleanenergy through capital markets? Industry experts convened at this year’s Asset-Backed Securities (ABS) East conference in …
… Private-sector investment in cleanenergy continues to grow as costs come down and free-market dynamics begin to replace … is still not enough, according to speakers at “Creative Power: New Models for Growing CleanEnergy Investment,” a discussion held at Bloomberg L.P. in Manhattan on Sept. 20 as …
… Recent attention and growth in cleanenergy development has largely been focused on either the household scale or the utility … market to languish. Despite significant challenges, a growing number of players in the industry are beginning to recognize this untapped potential. Village Power Finance, based in …
… solar thermal technologies has taken a back seat for many years in the United States. The CleanEnergy Finance Forum (CEFF) spoke with Everett Barber, a consultant and author who has worked for many decades in the solar thermal industry, about his perspective on this discrepancy. 2382 Why Solar Thermal Technology Lacks …
… Definitions could make or break the energy storage market, allowing it to capture multiple revenue streams and reduce costs. A panel at the New York Energy Week Roundtable on Storage on June 19 at the Urban Future Lab in New York City explored these crucial choices. 2536 Revenue Streams Are Key to Cost-Effective Energy Storage … Carol Rosenfeld … Definitions could make or break the energy storage …
… relationships is one of the essential ingredients of developing a nationwide framework of energy efficiency programs. On May 13, the Southeast Energy Efficiency Alliance (SEEA) and the Environmental Finance Center (EFC) at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill announced the beginning of the Southeast Energy Efficiency Finance Network (SEEFN), which will aid this traditionally underserved …
… On-bill financing can be a powerful tool for offering attractive energy efficiency options to a broad range of utility customers, according to a new report by State and Local Energy Efficiency Action Network (SEE Action). Utility customers often fail to invest in energy efficiency because of its upfront costs, the report said. On-bill financing allows …
… The question of whether energy efficiency finance has finally arrived in scale was a major point of discussion at the 2014 ACEEE Energy Efficiency Finance Forum on May 11-13 in Washington, DC. Both the opening plenary and a breakout session on securitization explored this issue. 2540 Energy Efficiency Finance Gains Traction … Matthew Sebonia … The question of whether energy …
… has investigated the barriers that are currently holding back widespread adoption of cleanenergy bonds. The paper has provided recommendations for development finance agencies seeking to tap their potential. 2382 Awakening the Potential of CleanEnergy Bonds … Kat Friedrich … A paper by the Brookings-Rockefeller Project on State …
… Small energy-efficiency lenders face major obstacles including a lack of customer demand and data, … and an absence of underwriting standards, according to a report from the Small Lender Energy Efficiency Convening (SLEEC). The SLEEC took place in October 2013 when the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE) and Energi convened a group of key stakeholders to explore …