HartfordBusiness.com February 10, 2015 Gov. Dannel P. Malloy will propose a residential solar credit program he hopes will attract $1 billion in private investment, he announced Tuesday. As part of the legislative package he will introduce later this month, Malloy will propose a Solar Home Energy Renewable Credit program where owners of solar arrays on […]
LREC, Malloy, REEBA, SHREC, Solar, ZRECThe Hartford Courant By: Brian Dowling January 12, 2015 he state’s Public Utilities Regulatory Authority so badly wants a divorce from the state Department of Energy and Environmental Protection. But it won’t be easy to get one. The authority’s three commissioners, all appointed by the Malloy administration, say they have seen “improper and destructive conduct” as […]
Malloy, PURA, REEBA, UtilitiesThe Hartford Courant January 9, 2015 HARTFORD — The first downtown apartments in the former office tower at 777 Main St. will be ready in April — and the project’s developer said the $85 million conversion could earn the highest rating for energy efficiency and conservation. One big reason developer Bruce R. Becker is optimistic […]
Fuel Cell, REEBAHartfordBusiness.com January 6, 2015 Bruce Becker, the developer of downtown Hartford apartments in the former Bank of America tower, is expecting delivery Thursday of a 400-kilowatt fuel cell. 777 Main St. received a special 15-year renewable energy contract last year from Connecticut Light & Power to buy the credits from the fuel cell. The […]
ClearEdge Power, Doosan, Fuel Cell, HBJ, REEBAThe CTMirror By: Jan Ellen Spiegel | December 29, 2014 In the four years since Bruce Becker opened his groundbreaking apartment building at 360 State Street in New Haven, its most ground-breaking element – a clean-energy, 400-kilowatt fuel cell that can meet nearly all the building’s electricity needs — has been running at half power. “We’re […]
DEEP, PURA, REEBAHartfordBusiness.com December 22, 2014 Q&A discusses the future of renewable and efficient energy project financing with Bryan Garcia, president of the Clean Energy Finance & Investment Authority, which is changing its name to Connecticut Green Bank. Q: What will the Connecticut energy industry look like in 2015, particularly as it relates to CEFIA? A: Over […]
C-PACE, CEFIA, Green Bank, HBJ, REEBA, Renewable EnergyVox December 22, 2014 Back in the 1990s, wind turbines were a rare sight in the United States — and sprawling wind farms even rarer. Things changed considerably in the years since. Thanks to a series of tax credits from Congress and renewable-energy mandates from the states, wind power expanded at a torrid pace. Last […]
REEBA, WindGreentechEfficiency Katherine Tweed December 17, 2014 PACE didn’t just grow in 2014—it exploded. Property-assessed clean energy loan (PACE) programs for both residential and commercial sectors are booming in 2014, with much more growth to come in 2015. California has completed about $500 million in residential PACE projects for around 25,000 homes, according to PACENow, a […]
CPACE, REEBAHartfordBusiness.com By: Brad Kane December 8, 2014 While solar panels fly up on rooftops and fuel cells are installed throughout Connecticut, another type of renewable energy generation is slowly gaining steam in the state. Recent changes to state law governing renewable generation has increased interest in re-energizing old dams along Connecticut’s rivers and streams, with […]
HBJ, Hydropower, Paul Michaud, REEBAClean Energy Financing Forum by Michael Puckett Hurricane Sandy was a stark reminder of the fragility of our electric grid. Clean Energy Group (CEG) has produced a series of papers and webinars looking at how a new generation of resilient power systems can help to address this problem. Its Nov. 20 webinar, “Financing Resilient Power,” […]
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