Funding & Incentives
Funding and incentives includes many ways to finance green technology, environmental sustainability, environmental research, and facility retrofits for energy efficiency. Cleantech funding also can be in the form of incentives, for example, through environmental grants and awards.
Del Monte Foods, Others Join KKR’s Green Portfolio Program
Private equity firm Kohlberg Kravis and Roberts is adding seven of its portfolio companies, including Del Monte Foods, healthcare products firm Capsugel and telecommunications firm ...
Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Production Tax Credit, Light Bulbs, Buffett on Keystone
Here's the latest policy, enforcement and legal news affecting corporate environmental and energy executives. Today's briefing includes 11 items.
President Barack Obama urged Congress to extend ...
Port of Los Angeles to Pay Carriers for Using Low-Emission Ships
The Port of Los Angeles has adopted an international clean air program that will ...
Lime Energy, Central Hudson Contract to Provide 5,000 Commercial Lighting Retrofits
Central Hudson Gas & Electric is implementing a commercial lighting program, under a four-year contract with Lime Energy ...
Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Clean Energy Ministerial, NYC Zoning, EU ETS, Feed-in Tariffs
Here's the latest policy, enforcement and legal news affecting corporate environmental and energy executives. Today's briefing includes 10 items.
The 23-government Clean Energy Ministerial and the ...
1Mt Alberta Carbon Capture Project Hits Buffers
The three major companies involved in a carbon capture initiative in Alberta, Canada have dropped out of the project.
TransAlta Corp., Enbridge Inc. and Capital Power ...
Wells Fargo Targets 35% GHG Cut, $30bn in Green Investments
Wells Fargo is targeting a 40 percent increase in its energy efficiency, 35 percent cut to absolute greenhouse gas emissions, and $30 billion in ...
Ameresco Snags $4.5M Medical Center ESPC
The University Medical Center of Southern Nevada has awarded Ameresco an energy savings performance contract to install more than $4.5 million of improvements at ...
UMass Medical School, National Grid Partner for 7.5MW Cogeneration Plant
The University of Massachusetts Medical School plans a 14,000-square-foot cogeneration expansion of its existing power plant, using a $5.6 million check from National Grid - ...
Solar Installations to Flatline in 2012, Rebound by 2017, Lux Says
Annual solar capacity additions will rise by just 0.4 GW in 2012, with 26.9 GW expected to be installed this year, and industry revenues will ...
States and Utilities Leading Way on Industrial Energy Efficiency Programs
States and utilities invested over $811 million on direct industrial energy efficiency programs in 2010, far exceeding the spending by the federal government and other ...
Providers Revealed for Government-Backed Commercial Efficiency Projects
British Gas, E.ON and Kingfisher, owner of home improvement chain B&Q, are among 22 initial providers under the Green Deal, the U.K.. government's program to ...
Encouraging Customers towards More Sustainable System Behaviors
Nearly a decade ago, I wrote that the answer to the sustainability conundrum is not, cannot be, to sell your car and bike ...
Tax, Sustainability Departments’ Disconnect is ‘A Missed Opportunity’
Many companies could be missing opportunities for financial savings as tax departments and sustainability programs lack integration, according to a survey from Ernst & Young.
Only ...
First Solar and Suntech Lead 2011 Top 10 Solar Manufacturers
First Solar, Suntech Power, Yingli Green Energy, Trina Solar, Canadian Solar, Sharp, Hanwha Solar One, Jinko Solar, LDK Solar and SolarWorld are the 2011 top ...
The Spaceship Company Receives Energy-Efficiency Check
Space travel may not seem the galaxy's greenest industry, but The Spaceship Company, a joint venture of Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic and air vehicle design ...
Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Shipping Emissions Standstill, City's Feed-In Tariff, China Misses 2011 Target
The International Maritime Organization (IMO) has yet to come up with a plan to cut carbon dioxide emissions from international shipping, after concluding a week ...
Ameresco Wins Texas School ESPC
Energy efficiency and renewable energy company Ameresco Inc. has signed an energy savings performance contract with the McAllen Independent School District in Texas.
Ameresco has begun ...
Renewables Briefing: Eagles Stadium Installation, U.S. Army $7b RFP, Gatwick Airport
The Philadelphia Eagles and NRG will install a 3 MW system of solar panels and micro wind-turbines at the Lincoln Financial Field, a project that ...
Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Offshore Wind, Clean Energy Standard, 10 Coal-Fired Plants to Retire
A planned six-year $180 million Department of Energy initiative is targeting the potential of offshore wind energy. Four offshore wind energy installations will have access ...
