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.
Financing a Green Energy Future in North America
A panel on "Financing a Green Energy Future in North America," which took place at the 2011 UNEP FI Global Roundtable ...
Solar Briefing: L’Oreal, Carmanah, San Diego, Cogenra and Defense Dept.
L'Oreal USA's North Little Rock, Ark., manufacturing facility's solar array installation is fully operational. The 13 kW solar array will provide 18,000 kWh of electricity annually, ...
Google Axes ‘Renewables Cheaper than Coal’ Project
Google is abandoning efforts to make renewable energy cheaper than coal, the company blogged yesterday.
The internet giant said is cancelling seven projects, including ...
Carbon Trust to Help Businesses with Green Product Selection
The Carbon Trust, a non-profit funded by the U.K. government, has launched a business aimed at helping companies reduce their energy costs and install greener, more efficient technology.
Carbon Trust Implementation aims to remove barriers ...
New Plants, Research Break Bounds for Concentrating Solar
Torresol Energy has opened the Gemasolar concentrating solar power (CSP) plant, the first commercial-scale plant that uses molten salt to transfer heat
The array near Seville, ...
Energy Efficiency Financing ‘Has $150bn Potential’; Report Compares Commercial Opt-Out Programs
Energy efficiency financing has the potential to jump from $20 billion to $150 billion over the next ten years, according to a report ...
Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Airline Emissions Squabble, Wind Sector Grows, Air Toxics Rule
The House of Representatives has voted to shield U.S. passenger and cargo airlines from a European Union law that would make global carriers pay for their ...
Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Ethanol Cuts, South Africa Carbon Fines, Cuba Offshore Drilling
Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz) introduced an amendment to the chamber's 2012 agriculture appropriations bill on Tuesday that would block the government from funding gas station "blender" ...
$60m Gas Station Retrofit Project Launched by Blue Earth
Blue Earth Inc., Gexpro and eCORE Technology have launched a project aimed at improving the energy efficiency of more than 2,000 independently owned gas station and ...
Policy & Enforcement Briefing: New House Bills, EU Airline Lawsuit, Mountaintop Removal
The House of Representatives passed a bill on Thursday to block the EPA's proposed rule to reduce emissions from large cement manufacturing plants, The New ...
Nike Sets Up Green Venture Capital Arm
Nike is to set up a sustainable venture capital arm in an effort to cut costs and promote green commerce.
The sports clothing company’s Sustainable Business & ...
Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Fuel Standard Delay, Wind Project Scuttled, DOE Policy Shift Proposed
The EPA and Transport Department are delaying new fuel efficiency standards until mid-November, saying they had to process a high volume of comments and complete technical ...
Policy & Enforcement Briefing: TRAIN Act, Pa. Shale Ruling, Ethanol Cutbacks
The House of Representatives on Friday approved legislation that would establish an interagency committee to weigh the economic costs of any new EPA rules, and also ...
Policy & Enforcement Briefing: House DOE Cuts, Ozone Fallout, China Air Standards
A day after Democrats and group of Tea Party Republicans in the House of Representatives scuttled a spending bill, the chamber won enough conservative votes and ...
Policy & Enforcement Briefing: GOP Green Projects, Retrofit Tax Incentives, Kansas Sues
Some high-profile Republicans who have attacked President Obama over his failed efforts to stimulate clean energy jobs with federal support have nonetheless written the Energy Department ...
Solar Costs Drop 11% in First Half of 2011
The average cost of going solar in the U.S. fell dramatically in 2010 and through the first half of 2011, according to a report released yesterday ...
Google Invests in Hog-Waste Energy; Diaper Recycling Plant Opens
Google has invested in a pilot project by Duke University and Duke Energy that converts waste from a pig farm into usable energy.
The system, on ...
Policy & Enforcement Briefing: CA Tweaks Environmental Reviews; Hecla Settles; RGGI All-Time Low
A group of environmentalists has launched a campaign urging EPA administrator Lisa Jackson not to resign, after President Obama ordered the agency to scrap a ...
ROI of 11-12% Predicted for Commercial Renewables
Businesses that invest in renewable energy could make average returns of 11 to 12 percent, with the potential for returns in excess of 20 percent, according ...
DOE Announces $246m for Renewables, EVs
The Department of Energy has announced $245.9 million in loan guarantees and grants for a variety of renewable energy and electric vehicle projects.
Energy secretary Steven Chu ...
