Anita Molino with Bostonia Partners discusses Energy Efficiency (EE) & Renewable Energy (RE) financing best practices including energy financing basics, issues with aggregation, markets, cost of capital, public-private partnerships, and case studies.

Michael Paparian with California State Treasurer's Office reports on the state of energy financing, specifically with emerging or nontraditional financing models for clean energy investment at the state level. Paparian discusses financing sources...

The Clean Energy + Bond Finance Initiative released this report detailing how states and cities are using bonds and other existing tools to finance clean energy development. The report explores state and city examples of new financial structures,...

This report from the Interstate Renewable Energy Council presents model rules for shared renewable energy programs to assist stakeholders in developing local or statewide programs. These renewable energy programs enable multiple customers to share...

PACE financing will now be available in Texas for energy-efficiency and water conservation upgrades to commercial and industrial properties. The Act authorizes local governments to establish a mechanism to enable property owners to obtain long-term,...

Daniel McRae of Seyfarth Shaw provides information on the resources which are available for energy projects throughout the country including bonds, tax credits, public-private partnerships, EB-5, and much more. McRae explains the benefits of...

Neal Elliot with American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy explores the role energy plays in our overall economy and specifically how critical it is to manufacturing. Elliot makes the case that energy efficiency is an important component of...

Bert Hunter with Connecticut's Clean Energy Finance and Investment Authority shared information about the Authority including strategy, state impact, national clean energy financing trends, deal structures, and more.

Jeff Pitkin with New York State Energy Research and Development Authority discussed New York's ongoing efforts to support clean energy investment. Pitkin also describes the organization's approach when using different finance tools.

This guide from Orrick, Harrington & Sutcliffe LLP review bond finance tools supporting clean energy, including PABs, CREBS, and QECBs.

This DOE factsheet gives an overview of the Advanced Energy Manufacturing Tax Credit. Treasury may award $2.3 billion in tax credits for qualified investments in advanced energy projects, to support new, expanded, or re-equipped domestic...

Development finance is the heart of economic, energy, infrastructure, technology, and environmental development. Without core financing tools, such as bonds, TIF, tax credits, and access to capital, development projects simply cannot move forward....

Toby Rittner, President & CEO Council of Development Finance Agencies, discusses CDFA, development finance trends, best practices, case studies, and a wide variety of development finance programs.

John May Head of Alternative Energy Finance Group at Stern Brothers & Co. discusses the vast options to help finance energy projects via bonds.

C. Baird Brown and Christopher Berendt share financing options for community scale renewable energy projects.

Clean energy development is facing a financing challenge, and structures designed to attract institutional investors may provide a solution. This paper from the Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development discusses the situation.

Bryan Garcia of Clean Energy Finance and Investment Authority presents on the structure and financing tools of his organization, and includes a project case study.

John Kinney of Clean Fund discusses the Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) model for financing energy efficiency development.

This presentation reviews power purchase agreements (PPAs), and their role in financing clean energy projects, specifically through the Morris Model for bond-financed projects.

This resource from the EPA and NREL provides a guide to screening potential sites for wind development. The document outlines a decision tree for the process and provides a list of development finance incentives to consider for the financing portion.

This report from Andrew J. Giudici of Standard & Poor's discusses whether securitization may be a viable option for solar developers. Topics include credit challenges posed by changing panel and energy prices.

Katie Kramer of CDFA provides an overview of development finance tools, such as industrial development bonds, QECBs, tax credits, and loan funds, in this article from Development Finance Perspectives, Issue 2 | 2012.

This presentation from the National Renewable Energy Laboratory discusses the process public organizations follow when establishing a Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with a local clean energy provider that is hosted on their facility.

This presentation by the Department of Energy gives an overview of the Qualified Energy Conservation Bond (QECB) program. This program provides low-cost financing to state, local, and tribal agencies for energy conservation projects.

This comprehensive report by Brookings provides an in-depth look at the "Green Economy" and explores various policy changes that could encourage growth in this sector.

These are the results of a survey of renewable energy financing professionals by the National Renewable Energy Laboratories (NREL). The results discuss the types of incentives used, borrowing terms and the importance of various government incentives.

This market study from the Greater Cincinnati Energy Alliance documents the positive economic and environmental impacts of investment in energy efficiency.

This guidebook produced by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory provides an in-depth analysis of how federal and state financing programs affect the geothermal industry.

This report covers the best energy policies, including a lengthy section on financing programs, from many states and cities. Each program type is illustrated by at least one case study. The report was produced by the Renewable Energy & Energy...

This fact sheet from the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency provides a details on the Investment Tax Credit (ITC) program as it relates to solar energy. The sheet overviews the program and discusses how the tax credits can benefit banks.

This document gives an overview of several loan fund programs administered by the City of Columbus, OH for businesses to help finance energy efficiency and Brownfield projects.

Ohio has adopted several provisions over the last year and a half to allow the Buckeye State the opportunity to be at the front of the property assessed clean energy (PACE) district movement. This webcast addresses the basics of PACE financing and...

This presentation looks at the importance of seed, venture and other forms of start-up capital that is needed to fully develop the clean energy industry in the United States.

This presentation looks at some of the basic issues to consider when undertaking a community wind project.

With the growing importance of energy in today's economy, the International Economic Development Council has compiled this report that looks at case studies of individual states and their approaches to fostering new green and renewable energy...

Renewable energy financing has become one of the growing areas of the development finance industry and is likely to remain so moving forward. The potential and challenges of these new and evolving finance tools were discussed at CDFA's 2010 Annual...

Harvey Rogers of K&L Gates covers the basics of renewable energy financing tools in this presentation.

David Rogers of Bricker & Eckler looks at how solar special improvement districts (SIDs) and other federal programs for renewable energy work in this presentation.

New Equity Daily has launched this free online search tool that allows you to use key words to identify the financing products available for your business and/or real estate project. At this time, the search is only available for Chicago, but New...

As the United States solar market continues to grow, local governments and states are increasingly considering new policies and incentives. This report looks at recent trends in the solar market and uses current trends to project ahead.

This report looks at the potential impact of renewable energy in several Midwest states.

John May of Stern Brothers discusses approaches to sustainable/renewable energy projects in this presentation. It includes several case study examples using different programs and financing tools.

This presentation was given by Brett Breitschwerdt of Bricker & Eckler LLP at the OEDA Annual Summit on October 15, 2009. This presentation covers the tax and financing provisions of Federal and Ohio programs concerning Alternative Energy.

This report prepared for the Wind Energy Resource Zone Board looks to identify the areas within the State of Michigan that would maximize energy production while minimize impact on urban communities. This report is a case-study in how to implement...

This article by the MEDC, provides information on the resources available to the manufacturers of alternative energy technology. The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 and the State of Michigan have several incentive programs involving...

As part of ARRA, the Treasury Department is authorized to make payments to eligible persons who place in service specified energy property and apply for such payments. The purpose of the payment is to reimburse eligible applicants for a portion of...

This presentation by George Sarkis of Roetzel & Andress covers the new bond financing options created by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.

Nixon Peabody has published this release concerning IRS guidance dealing with ARRA changes in the tax treatment of renewable energy facilities. ARRA now allows for a 30 percent investment tax credit on certain renewable energy facilities in lieu of...

This presentation by Pat Wilson of Green Planet Funding discusses the life cycle of a renewable energy project.

Tina Neal of Piper Jaffray looks at the use of green and energy projects and the different tools available to finance them.