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Carbon
ExxonMobil and Global Thermostat Look to Scale Carbon Capture
cleanenergyfinanceforum.com - Ben Soltoff
This summer, ExxonMobil announced it would be working with carbon removal company Global Thermostat to help scale up their technology, with an eye …
1 day ago
Maine
Maine Prepares for Policy Shift Toward Clean Energy
cleanenergyfinanceforum.com - Chris Lewis
Maine’s renewable energy landscape is poised for big changes. Legislation passed into law in June establishes ambitious renewable portfolio standards …
2 days ago
Maine
Maine Prepares for Policy Shift Towards Clean Energy
cleanenergyfinanceforum.com - Chris Lewis
Maine’s renewable energy landscape is poised for big changes. Legislation passed into law in June establishes ambitious renewable portfolio standards …
2 days ago
Texas
Cost-Competitive Renewables Poised to Grow in Deregulated Texas Market
cleanenergyfinanceforum.com - Chris Lewis
Texas offers an instructive case study for the growth of renewable energy. Most of the state’s electricity is delivered through the deregulated …
September 4
Energy
Opinion: Crowdinvesting Enables Clean Energy for All
cleanenergyfinanceforum.com
Regulatory changes to the Securities Act in 2016 enabled crowdinvesting, an idea that can usher in a new era of inclusive project finance, ripe to …
September 4
Delaware River
Revolving Water Fund Pilots PFS Approach for Water Quality Improvements
conservationfinancenetwork.org
In May 2019, the Revolving Water Fund and the city of Newark, Delaware, announced the closing of the first ever pay-for-success transaction funding …
August 28
Ohio
What’s Next for Renewable Energy in Ohio?
cleanenergyfinanceforum.com
Ohio'x HB 6 energy bill authorizes $300 million in annual surcharges on utility ratepayers, primarily to fund four struggling coal and nuclear power …
August 21
Ohio
What’s Next for Renewable Energy in Ohio?
cleanenergyfinanceforum.com - Chris Lewis
In July, the state of Ohio passed its HB 6 energy bill, which authorizes $300 million in annual surcharges on utility ratepayers, primarily to fund …
August 21
Leveraging Smart Contracts for Peer-to-Peer Solar Financing in Puerto Rico
cleanenergyfinanceforum.com - Jesse Laniak
“Smart” contracts leverage blockchain technology to streamline and automate many of the most technical and time-consuming financial and logistical …
July 31
Connecticut Looks before It Leaps on Offshore Wind
cleanenergyfinanceforum.com
A new player is entering the fold in New England’s burgeoning offshore wind sector. After years of testing the waters, Connecticut has finally jumped …
July 31
Deforestation
How Guaranteed Offtake Can Drive Sustainable Agriculture
conservationfinancenetwork.org - Marisa Repka
As food companies look to lower supply chain risk and reduce their ecological footprint, new strategies are emerging to increase adoption of …
July 24
How Guaranteed Offtake Can Drive Sustainable Agriculture
conservationfinancenetwork.org
Because multi-year agreements help to provide assurance for major capital investment, they present an opportunity for advancing more sustainable …
July 24
Pay-for-Success Financing
conservationfinancenetwork.org
Pay-for-Success financing provides an alternate approach to conservation funding by aligning payment for project costs with the delivery of outcomes, …
July 24
Solar Industry Looks for a Way Forward in Arizona
cleanenergyfinanceforum.com - Chris Lewis
Brandon Cheshire is board president of the Arizona Solar Energy Industries Association and founder of SunHarvest Solar, as well as a licensed …
July 17
Fission to Fusion: Capital Is Flowing to the New Frontier in Nuclear Technology
cleanenergyfinanceforum.com - Lucy Shim
If fusion technology can be successfully commercialized and integrated into the electric grid, it could go a long way toward addressing climate …
June 24
Atlanta Environmental Impact Bond Breaks into Public Market
conservationfinancenetwork.org
In January 2019, Atlanta closed a $14 million environmental impact bond (EIB) for stormwater management in the city’s Proctor Creek …
June 24
Energy
Risk-Pooling Initiative Strives to Unlock Commercial Investment in African Mini-Grids
cleanenergyfinanceforum.com - Remy Dhingra
Green Aggregation Tech Enterprise, a risk-pooling initiative aimed at removing barriers to private investment in mini-grids, looks to prepare …
June 12
Energy
Risk-Pooling Initiative Strives to Unlock Commercial Investment in African Mini-Grids
cleanenergyfinanceforum.com - Remy Dhingra
Green Aggregation Tech Enterprise, a risk-pooling initiative aimed at removing barriers to private investment in mini-grids, looks to prepare …
June 12
Southern California Edison
Is California’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard Incentivizing Electric Vehicle Deployment?
cleanenergyfinanceforum.com - Sola Zheng
Research on California's Low Carbon Fuel Standard program suggests the LCFS program design of capacity-based credits has the potential to increase EV …
May 29
Technology
EBRD Web Portal Aims to Increase Access to Climate-Friendly Technologies
cleanenergyfinanceforum.com - Sam Mardell
In May 2018, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) launched its online Technology Catalogue. If successful, this online …
May 28
Technology
EBRD Web Portal Aims to Increase Access to Climate-Friendly Technologies
cleanenergyfinanceforum.com - Sam Mardell
In May 2018, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) launched its online Technology Catalogue. If successful, this online …
May 28
New Collaborative Looks to Make Market-Rate Investments with Conservation Impact
conservationfinancenetwork.org - Vincent Caruso
Impact Capital Managers (ICM), a network of impact-focused venture capital and private equity funds, is out to disprove the notion that investing for …
May 17
Debbie Dooley on the Conservative Case for Clean Energy
cleanenergyfinanceforum.com - Chris Lewis
Georgia’s Debbie Dooley is a founding member of the Tea Party movement, as well as an advocate for renewable energy and president of Conservatives …
May 15
Strategic Electrification: A Potential Pathway for Load Growth and Decarbonization
cleanenergyfinanceforum.com
Leading electrification technologies can enable the delivery of less carbon-intensive electricity supply and can be deployed as tools for reduced …
May 1
Financing the Aquaculture Revolution
conservationfinancenetwork.org - Kalyani Basu
The rise of aquaculture may hold promise to mitigate the environmental pressures of overfishing wild populations, and the food scarcity issues …
April 15
Lessons Learned from Solarize Campaigns in Connecticut
cleanenergyfinanceforum.com
Solarize is a unique community-based program that leverages peers and social networks to encourage residential solar adoption through a group pricing …
April 10
Community Microgrids – A Tool for Adaptation or Mitigation?
cleanenergyfinanceforum.com
This explainer is the third part of a series by Sara Harari and Nate Grady on how microgrids are being used to transform the electrical grid. As …
March 26
Energy
Sleeping Giant: The State of Solar in South Carolina
cleanenergyfinanceforum.com - Andrea Cruz Quiroz
The popularity of solar energy skyrocketed in South Carolina (SC) with the introduction of net metering in 2014 when the state legislature …
March 11
Energy
Following the Sun
cleanenergyfinanceforum.com - Corey Cantor, Scott Wentzell, Tim Bialecki, Vince Tenorio
As of Q3 2018, the solar industry has deployed a total of 60 GW of capacity across the United States, according to the Solar Energy Industry …
March 7
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ExxonMobil and Global Thermostat Look to Scale Carbon Capture

Maine Prepares for Policy Shift Toward Clean Energy

Maine Prepares for Policy Shift Towards Clean Energy

Cost-Competitive Renewables Poised to Grow in Deregulated Texas Market

Opinion: Crowdinvesting Enables Clean Energy for All

Revolving Water Fund Pilots PFS Approach for Water Quality Improvements

What’s Next for Renewable Energy in Ohio?

What’s Next for Renewable Energy in Ohio?

Leveraging Smart Contracts for Peer-to-Peer Solar Financing in Puerto Rico

Connecticut Looks before It Leaps on Offshore Wind

How Guaranteed Offtake Can Drive Sustainable Agriculture

How Guaranteed Offtake Can Drive Sustainable Agriculture

Pay-for-Success Financing

Solar Industry Looks for a Way Forward in Arizona

Fission to Fusion: Capital Is Flowing to the New Frontier in Nuclear Technology

Atlanta Environmental Impact Bond Breaks into Public Market

Risk-Pooling Initiative Strives to Unlock Commercial Investment in African Mini-Grids

Risk-Pooling Initiative Strives to Unlock Commercial Investment in African Mini-Grids

Is California’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard Incentivizing Electric Vehicle Deployment?

EBRD Web Portal Aims to Increase Access to Climate-Friendly Technologies

EBRD Web Portal Aims to Increase Access to Climate-Friendly Technologies

New Collaborative Looks to Make Market-Rate Investments with Conservation Impact

Debbie Dooley on the Conservative Case for Clean Energy

Strategic Electrification: A Potential Pathway for Load Growth and Decarbonization

Financing the Aquaculture Revolution

Lessons Learned from Solarize Campaigns in Connecticut

Community Microgrids – A Tool for Adaptation or Mitigation?

Sleeping Giant: The State of Solar in South Carolina

Following the Sun

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