Financing resource efficiency

It is good to see that the international financial institutions are starting to look more broadly and start financing for resource efficiency. EBRD signs its first resource efficiency credit line in Turkey The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is extending its first credit line under its Sustainable Resource Initiative (SRI) with a … Continue reading Financing resource efficiency →

Employers starting to provide support to finance solar systems

EiD is always concerned about how we are financing sustainable energy. This is a novel approach as explained by Diane Cardwell in the New York Times that is gaining attention in the US. Why stop with renewables? Surely this could also happen for energy efficiency improvements. Home Solar Power Discounts Are Worker Perk in … Continue reading Employers starting to provide support to finance solar systems →

How crowdfunding is making its mark in investing in solar projects

Jennifer Kho provides a good article on the use of solar bonds and crowdfunding in the US. First US public offering of solar bonds: can crowdfunding take clean energy to the next level? SolarCity just changed the way clean energy projects will be financed. Will retail investors give solar a boost? The largest solar … Continue reading How crowdfunding is making its mark in investing in solar projects →

Using innovative financing to support renewable energy

Keith Findlay writes in the Press and Journal from Aberdeen Scotland of the use of crowdfunding to raise funds for new windfarm projects. The company involved, Triodos Renewables, was set up in 1995 and is a UK company managed by Bristol-based Triodos Bank. Renewables developer launches crowdfunded share issue Green-energy firm Triodos Renewables is … Continue reading Using innovative financing to support renewable energy →

Latest update on sustainable energy finance

The International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) provides the September update on global developments in sustainable energy finance, following last week’s update of climate finance. September 2014 Sustainable Energy Finance Update During the month of September, the World Bank, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), the European Investment Bank (EIB), the Asian … Continue reading Latest update on sustainable energy finance →

Latest update on climate finance

The International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) provides the September update on global developments in sustainable energy finance. September 2014 Climate Finance Update October 2014: In September 2014, the African Development Bank (AfDB), the European Investment Bank (EIB), the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), Climate Investment Funds (CIF), the Global Environment Facility (GEF), the International … Continue reading Latest update on climate finance →

Novel proposal for financing climate change measures in developing countries

Helena Wright, a PhD researcher at Imperial College London, and Adrian Fenton, a visiting researcher at the International Centre for Climate Change and Development and a PhD researcher at Leeds University, provide a novel approach in The Guardian Professional to providing needed financial support to developing countries. This was written last week but the main … Continue reading Novel proposal for financing climate change measures in developing countries →

The EU challenge to find a united approach to achieving emissions targets

There are few who would argue with meeting emissions targets in Europe. But, they are expensive to achieve and many of the new member states have found it difficult to give this a priority when there are so many other economic and social issues to deal with. Christian Oliver writes in the Financial Times about … Continue reading The EU challenge to find a united approach to achieving emissions targets →

What does this mean for investing in energy efficiency?

This article by Tanya Powley in the Financial Times is not about energy or energy efficiency, but it does reflect the reluctance of investment in general in Britain’s industry. Britain’s economy is doing much better than most of the European Union and yet, several years after the start of the current financial crisis, we are … Continue reading What does this mean for investing in energy efficiency? →

Investing through crowdfunding platforms

Rebecca Burn-Callander writes in The Telegraph about one “legend” who has made a significant investment in renewable energy through a crowdfunding platform. Is this the way of the future? Vivienne Westwood invests £1m in renewable energy start-up Dame Vivienne Westwood, British fashion legend and environmental activist, has become a major shareholder in Trillion Fund, … Continue reading Investing through crowdfunding platforms →