By Nils Kok on
07 Sep 2016 •
openbook 7 minute read
While a typical summer is characterized by a lack of real news, leading the press to cover anything that’s even remotely newsworthy—or not – (we have a word for it in Dutch, “cucumber time”), the past two months have yielded enough stories to keep the average …
Nobody likes paying more than they should. And my dad is a CPA, so this is definitely true for me, too.
But this barrier is not unique to renewable electricity. The same expectation is true for most non-luxury goods and services.
Yet I still hear the objections everyw …
You’ve seen many headlines touting “record new solar panel efficiency.”
We get excited seeing those, too. But they don’t matter.
Alright, that was shock value. Let me explain.
First, take a gander at the mind-numbing chart from the US National Renewable Energ …
A recent study from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Kenan-Flagler Business School highlights the progress that 119 U.S. REITs have made between 2013 and 2015 regarding their sustainability reporting. The research also identifies areas for improvement and …
Last week was time for the 2016 installment of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Better Building Summit. As in prior years, the Summit was full of friends and leaders from across the real estate industry.
I had the opportunity to participate in a session moderated …
The investment landscape for clean energy becomes more crowded each year. For years utilities have been the dominant purchaser of large-scale PPAs, initially driven by the proliferation of Renewable Portfolio Standards and more recently by the favorable economics of cle …
In the wake of the solar ITC extension, not to mention the Paris Agreement, there is good reason to feel bullish about the future of solar. Even prior to this end-of-2015 policy boost, all indications were that solar was trending in a good direction. Project development …
By Sue Hall on
16 Dec 2015 •
openbook 8 minute read
2015 has been a remarkable year: a ground-breaking Paris COP21 Accord; 8m tons CO2 has been retired by Chevrolet to benefit the planet; Bill Gates’ Breakthrough Energy Coalition has launched and the Pope’s Encyclical places addressing climate change at the heart of …
As enthusiasm for the green bond market grows, the number of issuances has continued to grow at a rapid clip and is expected to hit somewhere between $50 and $70 billion in 2015, according to the United Nations. This growth has also seen a rapid expansion in the number …
Three days into COP21, we can begin to see the broad contours of a global agreement to address the challenges of climate change through reductions in greenhouse gas emissions and preparation for changing climatic conditions. Momentum is building, but details are not yet …
