Financing Resilient Power Fact Sheet September 24, 2020 by Robert Sanders Financing Resilient Power is a new, groundbreaking philanthropic effort—a $3.3 million initiative of The Kresge Foundation to accelerate the market development of solar+storage technologies in vulnerable and disadvantaged communities. |
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Jump-Start: How Activists and Foundations Can Champion Battery Storage to Recharge the Clean Energy Transition April 16, 2018 by Lew Milford, Robert Sanders, Seth Mullendore, Todd Olinsky-Paul This report explores the top 10 emerging trends for battery storage across all elements of the energy system, and recommends over 50 actions that should be taken to accelerate battery storage in these topic areas. |
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Owning the Benefits of Solar+Storage: New Ownership and Investment Models for Affordable Housing and Community Facilities February 15, 2018 by Lew Milford, Robert Sanders This paper explores additional ownership and financing options for solar+storage projects and low-income communities beyond direct ownership and conventional leasing models. |
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A Resilient Power Capital Scan: How Foundations Could Use Grants and Investments to Advance Solar and Storage in Low-Income Communities February 1, 2017 by Lew Milford, Robert Sanders This report, commissioned by The Kresge Foundation, the Surdna Foundation and The JPB Foundation, identifies market barriers to deploying solar+storage technologies in low-income markets, and proposes more than 50 grant and investment opportunities that socially minded investors can use to target those barriers. |
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Resilience for Free: How Solar+Storage Could Protect Multifamily Affordable Housing from Power Outages at Little or No Net Cost October 14, 2015 by Lew Milford, Robert Sanders, Seth Mullendore This report concludes that with the right market structures and incentives, solar+storage systems can provide a positive economic return on par with energy efficiency or stand-alone solar. |
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What Cities Should Do: A Guide to Resilient Power Planning March 13, 2015 by Lew Milford, Robert Sanders This paper offers a series of guidelines and best practices for cities and towns to protect critical facilities with smarter resilient power solutions. |
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Ramp Up Resilient Power Finance: Bundle Project Loans Through a Warehouse Facility to Achieve Scale January 28, 2015 by Robert Sanders This report outlines a new clean energy finance model for many resilient power systems to protect vulnerable communities and critical infrastructure from severe weather events. |
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What Investors Want: How to Scale-Up Demand for US Clean Energy and Green Bonds December 9, 2014 by Joshua Humphreys, Robert Sanders Clean Energy Group and Croatan Institute have released the first comprehensive study of U.S. institutional investors’ appetite for green bonds. |
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Financing for Clean, Resilient Power Solutions October 30, 2014 by Robert Sanders This paper describes financing tools that can be used to implement projects and that will attract private capital on highly favorable terms, thereby reducing the cost of solar and resilient power installations. |
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Clean Energy Finance through the Bond Market: A New Option for Progress April 16, 2014 by Devashree Saha, Lew Milford, Mark Muro, Robert Sanders, Toby Rittner Clean Energy Group, the Brookings Institution and the Council of Development Finance Agencies have just released a new paper on a powerful but underutilized tool for future clean energy investment: state and local bond finance. |