… 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. This case study describes how this bank set up the … Rhode Island Public Energy Partnership (RIPEP) was temporarily accelerating utility energy-efficiency efforts. The new state leadership created the RIIB. It was built by renaming and …
… y Centroamérica decided to buy the power generated by the Electrica del Valle de México’s (EVM) wind farm, EVM’sstruggling project received a significant boost. While the proposed … meet ambitious goals, looking to reduce waste in its and itssuppliers' operations. In the energy area, the company was hoping to receive 50% of itsenergy from renewable sources by 2015, even in a period of rapid growth, increasing its …
… Like many countries, Australia has a large existing building stock that is responsible for a substantial … 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 …
… movement." The Green Bank used financial structuring to attract private capital to clean energy projects in Connecticut. Using transaction enablers and risk mitigants like loan … the Green Bank lowered the cost of capital for consumers and businesses to install energyefficiency upgrades and renewable technology. It supported the banking industry in offering … ESG Equity and Justice Connecticut Green Bank: In Pursuit of Inclusive Prosperity … May 18, 2018 Connecticut Green Bank: In Pursuit of Inclusive Prosperity On July 12, 2017, the …
… Before the federal government discontinued the United States Department of Energy’s (DOE) Qualified Energy Conservation Bond … of its tax reform package, states like Virginia leveraged this program to accomplish energyefficiency goals. When evaluating how to use Virginia’s QECB allocation, decision makers …
… 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 …
… Harish Hande and the company he founded, SELCO, provide solar electricity for lighting and power … the solar equipment and sometimes this meant restructuring activitiesso that solar energy could power a client’s needs. From his field research, Hande realized early in … design, financing, and service was time-consuming and costly. The company had provided energysolutions for over 100,000 households in its fifteen years of existence, allowing …
… As the Connecticut Green Bank works to design high-impact programs for the solar market, it … the Residential Solar Investment Program (RSIP) by creating the Solar Home Renewable Energy Credit (SHREC). The SHREC provides a stable funding structure for an expanded RSIP. … promises in 2015 was to increase the RSIP tenfold. Meanwhile, the reliance on renewable-energy credits (RECs) to satisfy the state’s renewable portfolio standard (RPS) was being …
… In the early 2000s, the Federal government of Mexico enacted a series of laws promoting the use of … into Mexico's gasoline supply. As Mexican policy makers looked at the country'senergysupply, they expected that substituting bioethanol for some portion of gasoline fuel … struggling agricultural sector. Finally, PEMEX would soon face competition due to new energy reforms that promised to introduce private sector competition to PEMEX, including at …