… 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 … a Renewable Portfolio Standard and a Systems Benefit Charge, which it leverages to support clean-energy activities. The Rhode Island Public Energy Partnership (RIPEP) was temporarily …
… project received a significant boost. While the proposed wind farm was located in an area with abundant wind resources, absent a creditworthy off-taker the project would not have … meet ambitious goals, looking to reduce waste in its and its suppliers' operations. In the energy area, the company was hoping to receive 50% of its energy from renewable sources by … program? Developed in partnership with CEDAN , Tecnológico de Monterrey, Mexico City CleanEnergy Corporate Sustainability Equity and Justice Sustainable Finance and ESG Walmart …
… NY Green Bank (NYGB), New York State’s $1-billion clean-energy fund, and a young new efficiency company named Sealed signed a $5-million … to spread the cost over time. Second, while large-scale investors are increasingly familiar with residential energy-efficiency financing, they don’t use energy savings in their …
… The Upgrade to $ave Program provides Roanoke Electric Cooperative (REC) and its customers with a simple yet powerful energy-efficiency-financing product. To date, the program has performed much better than … The program uses the PAYS® framework. PAYS® is an on-bill-financing solution developed by CleanEnergy Works (CEW), an organization founded by Dr. Holmes Hummel, who served as the …
… their operating costs. While these energy-efficiency upgrades are often cash-flow-positive with the right loans, they have failed to penetrate the market to the expected degree. … Financial institutions are reluctant to lend when any claim that they might make in the event of a default is junior to the property mortgage holder. This is why the Environmental … (EUA) plays an important role. The EUA is a deal structure modeled on property-assessed cleanenergy (PACE) in the United States. It allows loans for building upgrades to be paid …
… The road to SELCO’s success, however, has not always been smooth. Hande cofounded SELCO (with Neville Williams) in 1995 to sell and service photovoltaic (PV) systems in his home … the solar equipment and sometimes this meant restructuring activities so that solar energy could power a client’s needs. From his field research, Hande realized early in … to determining its continued success. Equity and Justice Sustainable Finance and ESG CleanEnergy SELCO … SELCO Harish Hande and the company he founded, SELCO, provide solar …
… it manufactured components, including filters, turbochargers, and aftertreatment, used with its own engines and with the systems of other manufacturers. The components and engines were all designed to … under a formal Mission Statement: "We will demand that everything we do leads to a cleaner, healthier and safer environment." The mission statement had led to a detailed …
… bank movement." The Green Bank used financial structuring to attract private capital to cleanenergy projects in Connecticut. Using transaction enablers and risk mitigants like loan … different funding structures would impact their mission to accelerate private investment in cleanenergy, create Connecticut jobs, promote energy security, and address climate change. …
… had garnered a Green Mark Platinum Award and was actively tackling its waste, water, and energy systems. The convention center also became the first facility in Southeast Asia to obtain ISO 20121 Sustainable Events Management System certification. Beyond the physical plant, MBS looked to create … meetings annually by the year 2030. Teng had a particular interest in seafood, and worked with WWF to address procurement issues in the fishing sector, starting with removing red …
… its presence in the United States market. In the previous five years, Trina, a company with manufacturing and headquarters in Changzhou, China, had managed to grow rapidly by … industry were, as yet, not well understood. Equity and Justice Sustainable Finance and ESG CleanEnergy Trina Solar: Expanding in the U.S. Market … Trina Solar: Expanding in the U.S. Market …