How about a little good news for a change? Something strange happened after the failure of comprehensive climate and energy legislation in 2010. Projections of future carbon emissions went down. Part of […]
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MiaSole Producing Thin-Film Solar Panels With 14% Efficiency
Feb. 1 (Bloomberg) — MiaSole Inc., a closely held manufacturer of thin-film solar products, is producing panels in volume that convert 14 percent of the energy in sunlight into electricity. MiaSole’s conversion […]
Why Solar Securitization Makes Sense
Solar structured transactions within a capital markets securitization approach can help increase the penetration of solar. In this article we will explore ideas for solar securitization in more detail. Renewable energy generation […]
Hourly Electricity Pricing Boosts Value of Distributed Solar by 33 Percent
What if electricity cost more when the sun was shining? Many utilities are using new electronic “smart meters” to adjust the price of electricity as often as every hour, to reflect supply […]
The future of the Japanese home: solar, battery, energy software
While some day in the future we could all have our own personal home battery systems combined with rooftop solar panels, Japanese home owners could get these goodies sooner, rather than later. […]
High-Level Global Panel: Phase-Out of Fossil Fuel Subsidies, Commit to Low-Carbon Energy
Twenty-two high level representatives have just released their report – Resilient People, Resilient Planet: A Future Worth Choosing—which sets out specific recommendations to “put sustainable development into practice and to mainstream it […]
Wells Fargo IS Underwriter on Revenue Bonds
Wells Fargo is senior managing underwriter on Morris County Improvement Authority’s issuance of $33.1 million Taxable Lease Revenue Bonds for its enewable Energy Program (Series 2011A). The program provides the financing, design, […]
Clean Power Finance Expands Residential Solar Financing Products to New Markets
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb 01, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) — Clean Power Finance, the online marketplace for residential solar financing and sales software, today announced the availability of its residential solar finance products in […]
Will DOE’s Water Energy Push Pay Off?
New assessments of U.S. wave energy and tidal current energy potentials just released mark a milepost in the progress toward these resources’ development. The big takeaway from the authoritative assessments, noted U.S. […]
Financing Greentech in the Post-ARRA Era
Since the fourth quarter of 2008, the ability of U.S. renewable power projects to secure both equity and debt project financing decreased precipitously due to the systemic turmoil experienced in the global […]
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