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.
Making the Financial Case for Green Initiatives
For many green executives the biggest barrier to the adoption of sustainability initiatives remains the reluctance of financial directors to approve ...
Microsoft: Cloud Computing Can Cut Emissions by 30% or More
Information Communication Technology (ICT) equipment and services are estimated to double their global carbon emissions to 4 percent of global electricity consumption by 2020, taking ...
Up to Half of Solar Costs are Administrative, DOE Says
Between 40 and 50 percent of the cost of ownership and operation for a rooftop solar system is contributed by administrative costs such as ...
Frito-Lay Asks Town for $600k to Aid Water Efficiency, Automation
Frito-Lay is asking the town of Vancouver, Wash., for $585,000 in water bill credits over three years, to enable its local plant to make ...
Lighting Briefing: Millard and Groom, Carmanah, Platinum, Lightolier and Tyree
Refrigerated warehousing and distribution services company Millard and commercial energy project firm Groom Energy have completed the installation of an LED lighting retrofit at Millard's Allentown, ...
$4bn for Energy Efficiency Announced; Walgreens, Kohl’s, Nissan Commit to Upgrades
3M, Alcoa, GE, Kohl's, Nissan, Supervalu, Walgreens and dozens of other organizations joined President Obama and former president Bill Clinton today in announcing ...
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 ...
