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 […]
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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 […]
Cutting Climate Change is Simple: Just Stop Subsidising Fossil Fuels
I knew that this was true but I didn’t realise the effect was so great. The simple way to cut climate change is to stop subsidising fossil fuels. According to IEA research, […]
The Coming Vehicle Fuel Cell Revolution
Have you filled up your combustion-engine car with record-priced unleaded octane lately? We don’t use this kind of jargon in describing our automobiles because, until recently, our options were limited. The US […]
Powerful Solar Financing Program For Homeowners Gets Reprieve
Last week, two events gave notice that rumors of the death of PACE financing, one of the most promising policies available to fund energy retrofits, have been greatly exaggerated. On January 20, […]
Has Petroleum Production Peaked, Ending the Era of Easy Oil?: Scientific American
Despite major oil finds off Brazil’s coast, new fields in North Dakota and ongoing increases in the conversion of tar sands to oil in Canada, fresh supplies of petroleum are only just […]
Fuel Cells on the LEEDing Edge
Fuel cells have been around since the invention of the first bicycle. Now, the training wheels are off—and businesses are saving money and applying to earn LEED credits with fuel cells. Getting […]
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