Here are five recommended reads for today (5/20/14)
- Greentech Media reports: ” Securitization, the holy grail of energy efficiency finance, has finally arrived in the commercial sector. Connecticut’s green bank, the Clean Energy and Finance Authority (CEFIA), today announced a deal to bundle and sell a sizable chunk of its C-PACE loan portfolio to the specialty finance company Clean Fund. The bonds, issued by the Public Finance Authority, are backed by $30 million of commercial PACE loans funding energy efficiency in commercial buildings in the state of Connecticut.”
- According to Mother Jones, “North Carolina GOP Pushes Unprecedented Bill to Jail Anyone Who Discloses Fracking Chemicals.”
- The Wall Street Journal reports, “Where Whale Oil Once Reigned, a Town Looks to Renewable Energy: New Bedford, Mass., Sees Savings—and Economic Renewal—in Solar and Wind Power.”
- According to Renewable Energy World, “India’s new government led by Narendra Modi plans to harness solar power to enable every home to run at least one light bulb by 2019, a party official said.”
- Greentech Media reports, “Georgia Power, the state’s biggest electricity supplier, is planning to build three 30-megawatt PV solar installations for the U.S. Army for a remarkably low cost…’The three projects will be brought on-line at or below the company’s avoided cost, the amount it is estimated to cost the company to generate comparable energy from other sources.’”
