The City and County of Honolulu has sold its first-ever green bonds, with the money raised to be used to refinance debt that was originally sold to pay for the Honolulu Program of Waste Energy Recovery, or H-POWER, in Kapolei.

Curtis Packaging, a company that provides luxury packaging, has almost finished a $2.5M project to improve energy efficiency and increase use of renewables at its Sandy Hook, CT, headquarters.

The CleanSource SAVES Green Community Program uses Qualified Energy Conservation (QECB) bonds to fund loans to finance qualified projects in commercial, industrial, institutional and local government buildings within the jurisdiction which is providing the QECB allocation.

The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority has announced $10 million in funding for two new clean energy initiatives to support energy efficiency and reduce costs at industrial and manufacturing facilities.

Massachusetts revealed its first draft proposal for a policy to follow the SREC-2 program The new policy is based on a declining block grant incentive system, to be paid out on the basis of energy delivered, similar to New York's successful block grant program.

Renovate America, a provider of residential PACE financing, announced the closing of its eighth securitization of PACE bonds – the largest such deal completed by any issuer and a designated green bond.

The Solar and Energy Loan Fund (SELF) is pleased to announce that the non-profit community lending organization has surpassed $5 million in total lending since its inception in the spring of 2011. 

Trade groups for biomass, hydropower and other energy sources are pushing Congress to renew expiring tax credits for their industries before the end of the year.

A bill introduced by California state assemblyman Matt Dababneh allowing for consumer protection before they commit to a residential Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) loan, was passed. The California PACE industry could be accelerated by the origination of PACE loans in the state.