As we posted in June, President Obama’s Better Buildings Initiative updated tax incentives aimed to encourage retrofitting buildings to reduce energy bills. Although considered the “low-hanging fruit” of carbon reduction, financing of commercial building retrofits for energy efficiency has largely remained in the realm of public subsidies. Opening the floodgates of private financing could expand [...]
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1 Mar
Solar PV Modules and Masdar City
Yesterday the Department of Energy announced its dedication to collaboration with Masdar, Abu Dhabi’s “multifaceted renewable energy initiative,” in the testing of new solar photovoltaic coatings designed to address moisture and cementation problems “faced by PV module producers worldwide.” However, specifics in the press release about the solar PV coating technologies ended there. The following [...]
