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.
Fleet Briefing: Nissan Leaf, U.S. Army, Free EV Charging Stations in MA, CA and TX
Nissan is now accepting orders for the 2012 Nissan Leaf in all U.S. markets.
The new launch phase means residents of 21 additional states will be ...
Policy & Enforcement Briefing: All-of-the-Above Energy, Calif. Safer Consumer Products Regs, Deepwater Horizon
At the University of Miami, President Obama gave his first remarks on rising gasoline prices, saying that the U.S. is producing more oil now than ...
Energy Efficiency Financing ‘Ready for Commercial Real Estate Market’
Energy efficiency financing is on track to become a mainstream class of financial assets that enjoys predictability, large volumes and high standardization, according to a ...
HBO, LIPA Team Up for Efficiency Upgrade
Long Island Power Authority is helping Home Box Office fund and install energy efficiency measures in an expansion of an existing communications center that should ...
Policy & Enforcement Briefing: FY 2013 Budget, ITC Wind Tower Decision, PVC Emissions
President Obama has proposed his FY 2013 budget, whose measures include the cancellation of $4 billion a year in oil and gas tax breaks ...
Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Mediterranean Blue Economy, UK Solar Tariff Revamp, Energy Dept. Loans
Delegates from 22 Mediterranean and EU countries have called for the creation of a "blue economy" initiative to safeguard the Mediterranean environment, mirroring the ...
Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Manufacturing Tax Credit, Natural Gas Drilling, Ener1 Chapter 11, Tier 3 Emissions
The White House has released more details about the manufacturing efficiency incentives that President Obama announced in his State of ...
Mercer Plans Steam Turbine for German Plant
Pulp company Mercer International Inc. has announced a project to increase production and efficiency through initiatives including the installation of ...
Higher Gas Prices: Ethanol Subsidy Expiration Could be to Blame
The expiration of ethanol subsidies from the federal government last month may already be driving up gas prices at the pump, according to AutoblogGreen.
Earlier ...
Stop & Shop Nabs $4m in Incentives for Lighting and ECMs
Stop & Shop has cut costs and received over $4 million in utility incentives through use of efficient lighting and electronically-commutated motors (ECMs) ...
CDP to Intensity Environmental Accounting Work After $1.5m Prize Win
The Carbon Disclosure Project will expand its work to set accounting standards for environmental disclosure, after winning the $1.5 million Zayed Future Energy Prize in ...
Renewables Briefing: SunPower, CEI, Sound Solar, Matinee, CHP in Cambridge, Perdue and Fibrowatt
Matinee Energy Inc. has broken ground on a 120MW solar power plant planned for Benson, Ariz. WEIS GmbH Consortium from Germany supplied project partners for ...
Policy & Enforcement Briefing: RFS2 2012, Keystone XL, SolarWorld, Aviation Carbon Tax
The EPA finalized the Renewable Fuel Standard program (RFS2) 2012 percentage standards for four fuel categories as part of the annual renewable fuel volume ...
Geothermal Industry Plans 5,745 MW, Billions in Investments
The U.S. geothermal industry will start 2012 with billions in planned investments, according to Leslie Blodgett of the Geothermal Energy Association.
Writing for Renewable ...
Stimulus Funding for Georgia Convenience Stores Lighting Retrofit Project
The Georgia Association of Convenience Stores (GACS) lighting retrofit fund has retrofitted more than 30 convenience store locations across the state. The group is one ...
FedEx to Fund Transportation Projects in Mexico, Brazil, India
FedEx will provide $1.4 million over two years to EMBARQ - the World Resources Institute’s sustainable transport arm - to provide technical expertise on sustainable ...
Google, KKR Invest in 88 MW of Solar PV Facilities in Sacramento District
Google and global investment firm KKR have made a significant investment into a portfolio of solar ...
Minnesota Retrofits to Save $3m a Year
Energy efficiency improvements across 36 facilities in Minnesota will generate more than $3 million in permanent, ongoing energy savings every year for the foreseeable future, ...
Predictions for Cleantech in 2012
As we close out 2011, let's look towards what the new year may have in store for cleantech.
There are eggshells across ...
EV Briefing: Frito-Lay Adds Smith Electric Trucks; Ram 1500 PHEV; IKEA, Kohl's Work with ECOtality
PepsiCo's Frito-Lay North America will roll out eight new electric trucks in the Boston area, bringing the company's all-electric trucks fleet up to 176 vehicles ...
