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January 25, 2024

‘Low-Carbon Planning for All’: How to Create an Equitable Energy Transition

By FREE Staff The U.S. is in the midst of a historic energy transition. With the passage of massive federal legislation like the Inflation Reduction Act, states and local communities are making tangible progress in the transition to a clean energy-fueled economy. Such a shift is set to improve the lives of millions of Americans, […]

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Filed Under: Climate Change, Energy Markets, Renewable Energy Tagged With: Clean Energy Financing, Innovation, Renewable Energy

July 8, 2016

The Scale of the Energy Access Gap

By Benjamin M. Attia Access to electricity is a key catalyst correlated with economic development. The International Energy Agency (IEA) recently estimated that over 1.5 billion people do not have access to affordable electricity, representing one quarter of the world’s population [1]. In the absence of aggressive new policies and significant financing, it is estimated that […]

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Filed Under: Energy Access, Energy and Climate Investment, Energy Markets, Renewable Energy, Uncategorized Tagged With: Abundant Energy, Clean Energy Financing, Energy Access, Energy Markets, Innovation, Renewable Energy, Water-Energy Nexus

January 15, 2016

Post-Paris Agreement: FREE’S Focus on Subnational Climate Action

By Job Taminiau and Joseph Nyangon Accelerating climate action and finance at subnational level based on the Paris Agreement. The 21st Conference of the Parties to the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change, or COP 21 (also known as the Paris climate summit) closed in Le Bourget, France after two weeks of intense negotiations, with negotiators agreeing on […]

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Filed Under: Climate Change, Energy and Climate Investment, Sustainable Urban Infrastructure Tagged With: Clean Energy Financing, Climate Change, Climate Finance, Innovation, Paris Agreement, Renewable Energy, Sustainable Cities, Sustainable Investing

September 22, 2015

Two Very Different Perspectives on Carbon Emissions Trading

By Jeongseok Seo In an effort to address climate change, carbon emissions trading schemes (hereafter, ETS) have been widely championed as an instrument for mitigating greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Currently there are about 40 countries where a regional or national scheme is in operation, including 31 countries in Europe. Several states in the United States, the […]

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Filed Under: Carbon Markets, Energy and Climate Investment Tagged With: Carbon Markets, Clean Energy Financing, Climate Finance, Decarbonization

September 15, 2015

Why the U.S. Urgently Needs to Invest in a Modern Energy System

By Joseph Nyangon Investment in ‘smart’ energy offers a viable and effective long-term solution that allows the energy industry to shift its supply sources, build new transmission and storage systems, and increase its energy efficiency goals. In a speech commemorating the thirty-fifth anniversary of the International Energy Agency (IEA) in 2009, former U.S. secretary of state, […]

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Filed Under: Energy and Climate Investment, Energy Economics, Energy Markets Tagged With: Clean Energy Financing, Renewable Energy, Sustainable Investing

April 4, 2015

Mobilizing Public and Private Capital for Clean Energy Financing

By Joseph Nyangon Innovative financing, increased capital investment and technological improvement are catalyzing renewable energy growth. The energy market in the United States is undergoing a dramatic transformation, driven by technological advancement, market dynamics, and better policies and laws—none of which was a decade ago. Venture capitalists made huge profits from the computing boom of the 1980s, […]

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Filed Under: Energy and Climate Investment, Energy Economics, Energy Markets, Renewable Energy, Sustainable Urban Infrastructure Tagged With: Clean Energy Financing, Climate Finance, Energy Efficiency, Renewable Energy, Solar City, Sustainable Investing

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