The Energy Efficiency Financial Institutions Group, for one, has been doing what it can to help ensure there is adequate financing for energy efficiency, working with financial institutions and all other relevant stakeholders. SUSI Partners have been an active member of the group. It is encouraging to see on the Environmental Finance website that SUSI … Continue reading European energy efficiency fund finances Irish energy services company →

Paul Roselli writes on the RI Future website about the decision to remove some of the budget for energy efficiency because the state lost money from removing the car tax from state income. This is quite worrying. Do you know of other such examples?   Energy efficiency fund raided to balance budget: $12.5 million of … Continue reading Rhode Island highlights problems with public funds for energy efficiency →

The Investor Confidence Project was brought to Europe to develop a system to give confidence to all active stakeholders. There are still concerns that investing in energy efficiency is risky. ICP is designed to change that. ICP started with investments in buildings and is now broadening the scope. This week during the EU Sustainable Energy … Continue reading Launch of new project to “unlock” access to financing for industry, street lighting and district energy →

The following article comes from the Energy Efficiency Financial Institutions Group (EEFIG) that has just launched a new Underwriting Toolkit for financial institutions who are currently reviewing and establishing internal procedures to review and approve energy efficiency projects. Hopefully it will even inspire those financial institutions who are just starting out to consider financing energy … Continue reading Important news from Energy Efficiency Financial Institutions Group →