The Department of Energy issued supplements to the existing loan guarantee solicitations for Advanced Fossil Energy (AFE) Projects and for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (REEE) Projects to provide guidance on the types of innovative projects that may qualify for the guarantees.

With the help of $240,000 from Ohio's Energy Loan Fund at 3 percent interest, a Youngstown-area cosmetology school has launched an effort that will substantially reduce electricity usage and save money.

For states that want to catalyze solar markets, their time and money may be better spent devising programs that address the current state of the market, complement federal efforts, and can be rolled out quickly before the market evolves further, according to Greentech Media.

In this report by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, ways to use public funds to catalyze private investment in solar energy are explored.

According to Ballard Spahr, New York and Connecticut recently joined at least 13 other states in establishing measures that could significantly expand access to renewable energy generation through community-based programs.

This webinar presented an overview of Clean Energy Group's new report "Energy Storage and Electricity Markets: The Value of Storage to the Power System and the Importance of Electricity Markets in Energy Storage Economics." This report provides a brief introduction to wholesale electricity markets and explores how some of the benefits of energy storage are being monetized in different regions of the country.

This presentation by Ballard Spahr provides an overview of the tools and incentives available to finance microgrids.

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