By Jeffrey M. Karp, Jerome C. Muys Jr., and Van P. Hilderbrand Jr. Innovative local government leaders throughout the country are taking advantage of state and federal incentives to transform former landfills and contaminated industrial properties and waste sites into energy-producing wind and solar projects. Two examples of municipalities giving … [continued]
Originally published on Climate Reality Project. Find out how the Lone Star state is leading the way when it comes to renewable energy. In our recent blog post, we told you how climate change is impacting the Lone Star State – with drier air, more intense droughts, longer heatwaves, and … [continued]
The year is far from being over, yet China has already topped its 2015 green bond issuance, which is something that global rating agencies had predicted. Bank of China recently raised around $3.03 billion by issuing multi-currency green bonds. The bonds were issued in US dollars, Euros, and Chinese Yuan, … [continued]
The Green Climate Fund has approved funding for a large-scale solar project in Chile, giving a further boost to the rapidly growing renewable energy sector in the country. The South Korea-based Green Climate Fund recently approved a loan worth $49 million to a large-scale solar PV project coming up in … [continued]
Originally published on the ECOreport. Seven years ago, the White House released policy guidelines that would allow homeowners to finance home energy improvements through their property taxes. The Property-Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) is a local government/corporate partnership, in which private companies supply 100% of the initial funding and are paid back over time. If … [continued]
The European Commission has proposed binding annual greenhouse gas emissions targets for Member States for between 2021 and 2030. The European Commission presented the proposals at the weekly European Commission College of the Juncker Commission, intended to “set clear and fair guiding principles to Member States to prepare for the … [continued]
Together, global smart grid, battery and storage, and energy efficiency companies raised a total of $433 million in financing during the second quarter of 2016, according to global clean energy consulting firm Mercom. Mercom Capital Group released its funding and mergers & acquisition activity report for the Smart Grid, Battery/Storage, … [continued]
Germany leads Italy and Japan, which are tied for second place, as the world’s leading energy efficiency nations, according to new figures from the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy. The American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy published its 2016 International Energy Efficiency Scorecard this week, now in its third edition. The Scorecard … [continued]
Swedish power company Vattenfall has announced it has acquired 100% ownership of the European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre. Only a few days after Vattenfall announced the key suppliers for the European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre (EOWDC), also known as the Aberdeen Offshore Wind Farm, the company has announced it has invested a … [continued]
Financially embattled renewable energy developer SunEdison is in “active discussions” with its second yield-co, TerraForm Global, to sell off its interests in the company. TerraForm Global, SunEdison’s second yield-co formed to own and operate clean energy power plants in emerging markets, formed in early 2015, published a presentation on its … [continued]
