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Don't let the sun go down on price reliability, our author urges

(Photo by Don and Suzan Weller, via Flickr Creative Commons.) As the sun sets over Waterford, CT, an expert proposes a price floor in wholesale electricity markets. 

Policy Memo: How We Pay For Free Electricity

Mike Novello
March 15, 2022
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As New England states progress towards decarbonization goals, the electricity spot market will see offers from solar and wind generators that incur no marginal cost. That can harm reliability and put some operators hastily out of business. To retain existing resources and the stability they bring, we need to set...

How Can Communities Finance Microgrids for Public Safety?

Kat Friedrich
July 31, 2015
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In the United States, microgrids are concentrated in the Northeast, according to Katherine Tweed, a writer at Greentech Media. How can microgrids expand their footprint and reach other regions and cities?

Financing Climate Resilience for Affordable Housing

Kat Friedrich
March 13, 2015
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Climate resilience retrofits for affordable multifamily housing are critical to the survival of apartment residents. Jim Newman, principal of Linnean Solutions, said in a workshop at BuildingEnergy 15 on March 4 in Boston that “a lot of people are going to be sheltering in place.”

Green Banks Can Multiply the Impact of Clean Energy Financing

Alexander Metz
January 29, 2014
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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...

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