Skip to main content

Clean Energy Finance Forum

produced by
Yale Center for Business and the Environment homepage
  • Home
      • Onshore wind
      • Solar
      • Nuclear/SMR
      • Ocean/Ocean thermal/tidal/wave
      • Offshore wind
      • Hydrogen
      • Hydro
      • Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS)
      • Hybrid projects
      • Heat pumps
      • Community solar
      • Battery and other storage
      • Transmission
      • Distributed Energy Resources
      • Energy Efficiency
      • EV charging
      • Grid modernization
      • Micro/mini grids
      • Blended instruments
      • Bonds
      • Credit rating
      • Mergers & Aquisitions
      • PACE
      • Private equity
      • Project Finance
      • Public equity
      • Public finance
      • Tax equity
      • VC
      • Deregulation
      • Carbon pricing
      • Cooperatives
      • Disclosures/ESG/executive pay
      • Energy Justice
      • Green Banking
      • Market incentives
      • On-Bill Repayment
      • Procurement
      • Subsidies
      • Utility business models
      • Wholesale market rules
      • Data
      • Fossil retirements
      • Sales and marketing
      • Commercial
      • Corporate
      • Industrial
      • MUSH
      • National/state-owned
      • Residential
      • Africa
      • Asia
      • Australia
      • North America
      • United States
      • Latin America
      • Europe
    • All Topics
    • All States
    • Alabama
    • Alaska
    • Arizona
    • Arkansas
    • California
    • Colorado
    • Connecticut
    • Delaware
    • District of Columbia
    • Florida
    • Georgia
    • Hawaii
    • Idaho
    • Illinois
    • Indiana
    • Iowa
    • Kansas
    • Kentucky
    • Louisiana
    • Maine
    • Maryland
    • Massachusetts
    • Michigan
    • Minnesota
    • Mississippi
    • Missouri
    • Montana
    • Nebraska
    • Nevada
    • New Hampshire
    • New Jersey
    • New Mexico
    • New York
    • North Carolina
    • North Dakota
    • Ohio
    • Oklahoma
    • Oregon
    • Pennsylvania
    • Puerto Rico
    • Rhode Island
    • South Carolina
    • South Dakota
    • Tennessee
    • Texas
    • Utah
    • Vermont
    • Virginia
    • Washington
    • West Virginia
    • Wisconsin
    • Wyoming
    • Series: Explaining the Energy Evolution
    • SERIES: Renewable Energy and Tax Equity, Explained
    • Series: Financing and Deploying Clean Energy Policy Memos
    • Series: CBEYond the Moment - Climate-Smart Investment for the Challenges Ahead
    • Series: Building Blocks of Community Microgrids
    • Series: Electricity Evolution
    • Series: Pollinator-Friendly Solar
    • Series: Searching for a New Deal on Climate?
  • About
  • Glossary
  • Newsletter Archive
  • Submit a Story Idea
  • Contact

Apologies for issues with search

We are having issues with the search index. We have connected to a backup source, so search may be slow or unavailable for a while as we fix it.


thumbnail screenshot of source article
External News

DC Passed the Most Ambitious Clean Energy Law in the U.S. Now What?

May 29, 2019
Source: Greater Greater Washington
In January 2019, the District of Columbia passed the most ambitious clean energy legislation in the nation. However, local climate activists say the hard work is just beginning — they want to know who will lead the DC and whether the law will benefit the least-privileged residents of the District.
Hubbard Glacier in Alaska

A Potential Green Bank for Alaska

Sola Zheng
January 14, 2019
  • Topics:
  • Energy Efficiency
  • PACE
  • Project Finance
  • Green Banking
  • Deregulation
  • Energy Justice
  • Distributed Energy Resources
  • Market incentives
  • Wholesale market rules
  • Corporate
  • MUSH
Alaska is strongly affected by climate change volatility – and extensively engaged in fossil fuel extraction. And now it’s considering becoming one of the first states in the nation to have a green bank.
A microgrid connecting to the office of a champion decision maker

The Role of Community Microgrid Champions

Sara Harari, Nate Grady
December 18, 2018
  • Topics:
  • Energy Efficiency
  • Battery and other storage
  • Project Finance
  • Green Banking
  • Distributed Energy Resources
  • Data
Community microgrids can be initiated by a wide range of individuals or organizations. They include mayors and utilities. They also may include “anchor” off-takers like hospital management, development companies, or community organizations. But to succeed, they require that at least one person really take the lead and energize the project.
Analysis of electric vehicle corridor options in Connecticut

Data Visualization Tools that Can Guide Energy and EV Development

Maggie Yuan Yao
December 04, 2018
  • Topics:
  • Energy Efficiency
  • Project Finance
  • Green Banking
  • Energy Justice
  • Distributed Energy Resources
  • EV charging
  • Data
The versatile online State Energy Analysis Tool produces visuals and data analyses on energy and climate at the state level as well as the national level in the United States. This information allows states to explore their potential for renewable energy and carbon markets. It provides powerful data visualization for...
Grand finale with fireworks above a circus tent

The Grand Finale: Energy-Grid Barriers and Solutions

Sara Harari, Ben Bovarnick
May 29, 2018
  • Topics:
  • Energy Efficiency
  • Battery and other storage
  • Project Finance
  • Data
  • Commercial
  • EV charging
  • Heat pumps
  • Community solar
  • Distributed Energy Resources
  • Utility business models
  • Industrial
On social media and at industry conventions, it is easy to find high-profile discussions on the technological revolution of electric grids. Experts on energy storage, distributed generation, and wireless options describe how emerging technologies are poised to transform the electricity sector. The hype is real. Energy companies are developing technologies...
Library wall in Washington, DC

US Capital Targets Building Efficiency

Maki Tazawa
March 05, 2018
  • Topics:
  • Energy Efficiency
  • PACE
  • Project Finance
  • Green Banking
  • Energy Justice
  • Deregulation
  • Commercial
  • Tax equity
  • Market incentives
  • Wholesale market rules
  • Corporate
  • MUSH
  • Industrial
Washington, DC is already on track to surpass the building energy efficiency goals it set seven years ago, according to the DC Department of Energy and Environment (DOEE). DOEE has achieved this through a unique public-private partnership participation in the Better Buildings Challenge. It also has a suite of other...
Utility circus graphic

Electricity Evolution: Meet the Ringmasters

Sara Harari, Ben Bovarnick
September 20, 2017
  • Topics:
  • Energy Efficiency
  • Battery and other storage
  • Project Finance
  • Commercial
  • EV charging
  • Heat pumps
  • Distributed Energy Resources
  • Utility business models
  • Industrial
When Tesla unveiled the utility-scale Powerpack battery in 2015, analysts and observers excitedly proclaimed the product’s low price point would revolutionize electric grid operations and business models as it set new cost benchmarks for energy storage. But despite the hype, the reception from utilities was tepid at best. This experience...

Clean Energy Trust Works to Replace Venture Capital

Kat Friedrich
August 14, 2017
  • Topics:
  • Energy Efficiency
  • Battery and other storage
  • Project Finance
  • Commercial
  • EV charging
  • Heat pumps
  • Distributed Energy Resources
  • Utility business models
  • Industrial
Is the sun rising on a new opportunity in Chicago that may fill the venture capital (VC) gap for clean energy startups? On Aug. 1, the United States Department of Energy (DOE) Innovative Pathways Program announced funding for 11 organizations that are advancing emerging technologies and leveraging private capital. Benjamin...

Green Banks Can Multiply the Impact of Clean Energy Financing

Alexander Metz
January 29, 2014
  • Topics:
  • Energy Efficiency
  • Green Banking
  • Data
Last Friday, the Clean Energy Finance Forum spoke with Reed Hundt, CEO of the Coalition for Green , which has led the movement to create green banks in the United States during the last several years. Green banks are financial institutions that use public funding to leverage private financing of...

Use the filters below to narrow the search results

Content Type
  • Article
  • Industry News Item
Topics
  • (-) green banking
  • (-) heat pumps
  • asia
  • battery and other storage
  • bonds
  • commercial
  • community solar
  • corporate
  • data
  • deregulation
  • distributed energy resources
  • energy efficiency
  • energy justice
  • europe
  • ev charging
  • fossil fuels
  • fossil retirements
  • grid modernization
  • hydrogen
  • industrial
  • international markets
  • market incentives
  • metrics
  • mush
  • offshore wind
  • on-bill repayment
  • onshore wind
  • pace
  • procurement
  • project finance
  • public equity
  • public finance
  • regional
  • sectors
  • solar
  • strategy/policy
  • tax equity
  • transmission
  • utility business models
  • wholesale market rules
States
  • (-) District of Columbia
  • (-) Illinois
  • (-) Pennsylvania
  • Alabama
  • Alaska
  • Arizona
  • Arkansas
  • California
  • Colorado
  • Connecticut
  • Delaware
  • Florida
  • Georgia
  • Hawaii
  • Idaho
  • Indiana
  • Iowa
  • Kansas
  • Kentucky
  • Louisiana
  • Maine
  • Maryland
  • Massachusetts
  • Michigan
  • Minnesota
  • Mississippi
  • Missouri
  • Montana
  • Nebraska
  • Nevada
  • New Hampshire
  • New Jersey
  • New Mexico
  • New York
  • North Carolina
  • North Dakota
  • Ohio
  • Oklahoma
  • Oregon
  • Puerto Rico
  • Rhode Island
  • South Carolina
  • South Dakota
  • Tennessee
  • Texas
  • Utah
  • Vermont
  • Virginia
  • Washington
  • West Virginia
  • Wisconsin
  • Wyoming

Subscribe to Our Biweekly News Update

  • About
  • Geting Started
  • States
  • Search
  • Contact Us
  • Submit a Story Idea
produced by
Yale Center for Business and the Environment homepage