… Caribbean islands, with sky-high electricity prices and abundant solar and wind, are a natural home for solar and wind power. Will low oil pricesslow their race to a cleanenergy future? Cheap Oil and Renewable Energy Compete in the Caribbean … Caribbean islands, …
… Academics, entrepreneurs and CEOs convened at the MIT Energy Conference held on Feb. 27-28 in Cambridge, Mass.. In the opening keynote, Robert Armstrong, director of MIT Energy Initiative, laid out the challenge: “How do you double energy production by …
… Climate resilience retrofits for affordable multifamily housing are critical to the survival of … residents. Jim Newman, principal of Linnean Solutions, said in a workshop at BuildingEnergy 15 on March 4 in Boston that “a lot of people are going to be sheltering in place.” 2382 Financing Climate Resilience for Affordable Housing … Kat Friedrich … Climate resilience …
… As the energy efficiency finance market grows and matures, are robust secondary markets … This is the question that State and Local Energy Efficiency Action Network’s (SEE Action) FinancingSolutions Working Group has attempted to answer in itsnew white paper, “Accessing Secondary Markets as a Capital Source for Energy Efficiency …
… The United Statesenergy efficiency industry will have to standardize projects before it can receive large-scale private financing, according to our recent Q&A with a senior manager at Citigroup. Meanwhile, … industry will have to standardize projects before it can receive large-scale private financing, according to our recent Q&A with a senior manager at Citigroup. Meanwhile, …
… What do leaders in the banking industry think about the potential of privately financingsolar power, wind energy, and energy efficiency? In this interview, Michael Eckhart, managing director and … of finance and sustainability at Citigroup, shares his optimism about the transition to cleanenergy and his observations about the persistent obstacles in the market – including …
… Small commercial energy efficiency retrofits are often at the bottom of building owners’ priority lists. According to “FinancingSmall Commercial Building Energy Performance Upgrades: Challenges and … (NIBS), a complex knot of challenges is preventing building owners from both seeking financing and accessing it. The authors recommend that government organizationsstep in with …
… For the first time, researchers have examined what potential investors want from the United Statescleanenergy bond market. The December 2014 report “What Investors Want: How to Scale-Up Demand …
… Proven strategies for encouraging customers to use new technologies and seek financing are critical to the diffusion of energy efficiency solutions. Even with financing, energy efficiency programs face …