For Immediate Release February 4, 2018 The government of Seoul has announced plans to invest $1.5 billion in a new initiative that aims to deploy 1GWp of solar energy by 2022. In November 2017, Seoul Metropolitan Government (SMG) declared its intention to deploy 1 gigawatt of rooftop solar as part of its “Solar City Seoul” […]
Read More »PennSEF Pioneers Clean Energy Financing for 35 Municipalities
For Immediate Release May 18, 2017 Pennsylvania Treasury Department and FREE partner in an innovative LED street & outdoor lighting solution that enables 35 municipalities in the Philadelphia area to achieve a triple bottom line: Reduce cost of local government service through an investment in high efficiency lighting that pays for itself from guaranteed savings. […]
Read More »SEU Highlighted by the IEA
For Immediate Release August 22, 2016 Stressing the need for “fast, radical, and effective policy action”, the IEA has featured one of FREE’s flagship innovations, the SEU model, in its annual Energy Technology Perspectives publication. The Sustainable Energy Utility (SEU) model has been featured in Energy Technology Perspectives (2016) by the International Energy Agency (IEA1)! […]
Read More »FREE Launches Strategy at COP-21 in Paris
For Immediate Release March 14, 2016 FREE launched a new 3-point strategy after the United Nations Climate Conference in December 2015 in Paris. FREE is focusing on further development of ‘solar cities’ and ‘sustainable energy financing’ in the context of polycentric climate change governance. FREE’s 3-point Strategy A FREE delegation attended the 21st meeting of […]
Read More »IPCC elects new chair: Hoesung Lee of Korea
For Immediate Release October 8, 2015 An economist who specializes in climate and energy policy will be the next head of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). IPCC’s member governments today selected Hoesung Lee, the panel’s current vice-chair, to be its new leader at a meeting in Dubrovnik, Croatia. He will succeed Rajendra Pachauri […]
Read More »Celebrate 15 Years of Sustainable Energy
For Immediate Release September 15, 2015 WEST PENN POWER SUSTAINABLE ENERGY FUND invites you to join in the conversation For the past 15 years, the sustainable energy community in Pennsylvania has been making a difference with their investments. We have been reinvesting in your communities, reducing energy use with new technologies and helping to develop […]
Read More »FREE advises Seoul
For Immediate Release July 8, 2015 FREE and Seoul Metropolitan Government have signed an MOU to build an equitable and sustainable Seoul energy policy. What this means: Modern cities are home to 50% of humanity but account for 80% of commercial energy use and greenhouse gases released by human activity. Cities are also hosts of […]
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