Clean Energy Finance Forum

In a decisive vote, the state's energy regulator agreed to require utilities to reach carbon-free supply by 2050. The agreement also tunes up obligations for energy efficiency, a vital provision in a state whose cities now reach 110 degree heat each summer. And it flowed from a Republican-controlled legislature. This November 19 interpretation reveals the red-and-blueprint.

In this November 23 profile, a grantee of the Honnold Foundation sets forth how solar installation and low-cost financing, leveraging philanthropy, catalyze clean-power possibilities.

New Jersey has promised- in CEFF and elsewhere- to grow its offshore wind production and use dramatically by 2030. It's also engaged in some drama with regional grid operator PJM. In this November 19 article, the state and the RTO vow to mind-meld to design a form of solicitation for new offshore power that makes bidders aware of key public policy challenges.

On November 10, Bloomberg Green sized up Boris Johnson's effort to sustain Britain's financial power after it leaves the EU through "green finance"- and guessed that the Prime Minister's relationship with President-elect Joe Biden holds a lot of potential power.

On November 10, Bloomberg Green sized up Boris Johnson's effort to sustain Britain's financial power after it leaves the EU through "green finance"- and guessed that the Prime Minister's relationship with President-elect Joe Biden holds a lot of potential power.

Two days after Election Day (or, as we now call it, Day One of Election Week), the trade publication rounded up results from ballot initiatives that open sluices for renewables. New Mexicans will elect their energy regulators. Nevadans will take their renewable energy standard to a more ambitious pitch. Columbus, Ohio residents will work to use all clean energy before the next presidential election. Carbon-smart energy may be growing more nonpartisan and is certainly growing more politically popular.

On November 10, the industry-insider publication laid out plans from BP and Orsted to generate 9000 tons of hydrogen per year, displacing a fifth of hydrogen from fossil fuels and marking BP's first effort to sell "green" hydrogen at scale. The project will apply for capital from the EU Innovation Fund.

In this November 10 precis of an International Energy Agency report, the Valley-focused site shows how fossil-free energy kept growing through the Covid crisis. To be sure, a lot of capacity addition came from American developers racing to claim tax credits that the Trump administration has scheduled for termination. But growth begets growth....