Business Leaders Opt to Measure and Report
February 18, 2010Leave a Comment
The secret is that major corporations, even in the United States, are voluntarily signing up and reporting their carbon.
Organizations like the Carbon Disclosure Project and the Global Reporting Initiative are tracking corporate emissions at the request of companies. CRD Analytics, which has a leading index of the Sustainability 100, noted that these companies outperformed the [...]
Integrating Renewables Into The Grid
January 26, 2010Leave a Comment
FERC seeks to break down barriers to the integration of renewable energy resources
Although there is tremendous excitement about renewable energy, to an existing grid, new sources of energy can be difficult to manage and integrate. Variable energy resources (VERs to the transmission grid operators) have experienced some bumps on the road to integration. As the [...]
Electrofuel Funding Opportunity from DOE
January 7, 2010Leave a Comment
Stimulus Update
The purpose of the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Advanced Research Projects Agency—Energy (ARPA-E) is to create transformational new energy technologies and systems through funding and managing R&D efforts. Anticipated award size is from $1,000,000 to $5,000,000, with the minimum amount for each award being $500,000 and the maximum amount $10,000,000. Proposals due January [...]
$5 Billion for Manufacturing Clean Energy.
December 17, 2009Leave a Comment
President Obama endorsed an additional $5 billion for tax credits for manufacturers of clean energy products such as solar panels, wind turbines and advanced batteries. He cited the success of the tax credit program – which Senator Bingaman (D-NM) authored — in calling for an additional $5 billion for the program to spur economic growth [...]
“Stop Gambling with our Future”
December 15, 2009Leave a Comment
Deal with Climate Change
There are some things that speak louder, and more clearly, than anyone could have imagined. But the UN Foundation has done just that for climate change. They created a full deck of playing cards featuring a selection of the words from the more than 2,000 text, photo and video submissions (from more [...]
Business Sends Letter
December 15, 20091 Comment
Leading U.S. Businesses Call on President Obama to Achieve a Global Climate Deal
COPENHAGEN – More than two-dozen major U.S. businesses sent a letter to President Obama today encouraging him to secure a strong climate change agreement with significant emissions reduction targets and substantial new financing commitments from developed countries, including the United States.
Saying “our environment [...]
Climate Change Policy update
November 30, 20091 Comment
Delphi Group News
Canada’s Delphi Group has posted their latest climate policy update at their site, Delphi News. For US markets, new EPA rules and the passage of the Kerry-Boxer bill earlier this month are the highlights. However, Canada, following the US lead, is backing off of greenhouse gas emission standards in advance of Copenhagen, focusing [...]
It’s Energy, Stupid!
November 30, 20091 Comment
ClimateGate: We’re once again chasing the wrong story. It’s not about climate; it’s about energy, carbon, energy, jobs, energy and oil. Following a rash of articles about the leaks of emails suggesting that climate scientists occasionally have doubts, we hear that some US senators are crowing, and the Wall Street Journal has announced the end [...]
Carbon Markets and Legislation Update
November 16, 2009Leave a Comment
Voluntary/Pre-Compliance Markets
The voluntary markets–carbon trading in advance of any legislation which would cap or tax carbon emissions–are growing. Companies and some wealthy individuals purchase offsets–credits obtained from a source that is verified to be reducing carbon, such as forests–in order to offset their emissions from business as usual. In lieu of a mandate to do [...]
Finding the New Normal
October 12, 2009Leave a Comment
Public-private partnerships and carbon pricing are the defining duo that changes BAU–business as usual.
REFF, The Renewable Energy Finance Forum, highlighted how this is happening, what has already happened, and how these changes are fundamentally altering the way we do business. A joint partnership between The American Council on Renewable Energy (ACORE) and Euromoney, REFF is [...]