Green Incentives
Green incentives includes federal, state, and local governments as well as multinational organizations that offer a variety of incentives to businesses and consumers to become more energy efficient and sustainable. This section explores the different incentives that exist including energy tax credits, rebates, reduced fee loans and matching funds. Articles also look at how different industries are obtaining and utilizing the green incentives.
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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: 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 ...
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 ...
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) ...
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 ...
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, ...
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: 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 ...
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 ...
NJ in Top Global Solar Spot – But Not for Long
New Jersey is the top global location for investors in solar power but will soon begin to suffer the effects of dramatic oversupply, ...
Obama Announces $510m for Biofuels
The Departments of Agriculture, Energy and Navy will invest up to $510 million over the next three years to produce advanced drop-in aviation ...
