Webinar & Events - Finance

CESA Fall Meeting 2011: Washington, DC

October 24, 2011

CESA’s Fall 2011 Members Meeting took place in Washington, DC. This members-only conference included presentations by clean energy experts and plenty of opportunity for CESA members to network and collaborate on shared challenges and experiences.

OSW Webinar: The Role and Needs of Private Investors in Offshore Wind Finance

September 14, 2011

This webinar will examine the financing issue from the perspective of private investors. Who could invest? What will it take to make them invest? How to address financing and technology risks? What role does the investment community believe that state and federal government policy should play?

Financing Fuel Cell Installations

August 30, 2011

This webinar presents various financing models for fuel cell installations. A representative from UTC Power discusses the attractive financing options that company offers and the implications for future projects. A representative of ClearEdge Power explains the importance of the financing issue for the future success of the fuel cell industry and discussed the company’s plans to market residential fuel cell systems.

OSW Webinar: The Role of States and Public Support Mechanisms in Supporting Offshore Wind Financing

August 9, 2011

This webinar examines some of the key strategies, efforts, and policy tools being used by states to support offshore wind financing and deployment. The webinar will begin to identify what are the characteristics of an effective approach by states to create demand, encourage power purchase agreements, employ public procurement, and use public funding to support offshore wind development and related supply chain investment.

Northeast Electrochemical Energy Storage Cluster: 2011 Supply Chain Exchange

July 20, 2011

The Northeast Electrochemical Energy Storage Cluster (NEESC) is hosting a Supply Chain Exchange for the hydrogen and fuel cell industry in the New England and New York region.  The event will feature a “matchmaking”/networking session–an opportunity for OEMs and suppliers to meet and exchange information.  Included in the event is an opportunity to meet with…

OSW Webinar: The Financing Challenges Facing the US Offshore Wind Market

July 13, 2011

This kick-off webinar will examine the US DOE national offshore wind strategy deployment objectives, its implications for the total investment required to develop this amount of generation, and the specific financing gaps and challenges.

CESA Webinar: Linking State Clean Energy and Economic Development Activities

June 27, 2011

Clean Energy States Alliance, a nonprofit coalition of state clean energy programs, will host a webinar to explore how states can use their clean energy programs to advance economic development in partnership with state and federal economic development agencies.

CESA/PV Peer Network Webinar: Innovation by Public-Sector Solar Programs in the US – A Sampling of Approaches

May 26, 2011

This webinar will highlight some of the innovative policies and programs being employed across the country by states and utilities to support the rapid acceleration of solar deployment in the U.S. This webinar will provide an overview of a variety of solar incentives and financing approaches, such as feed-in tariffs, solar RECs, and community-based programs for bulk purchases. Mark Sinclair, CESA Executive Director, will be the host. There will be time alotted for Q&A for the participants.

Members-Only: CESA Members Webinar: Commercial PACE Program Options

April 29, 2011
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Webinar: NREL’S Cost of Renewable Energy Spreadsheet Tool (CREST)

February 25, 2011

CESA members and members of CESA’s PV Peer Network are invited to join this webinar, on which Jason Gifford of Sustainable Energy Advantage (SEA) will provide an overview of the tool SEA created for the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) to allow state public utility commissions and the renewable energy community to assess renewable energy project costs, develop cost-based incentives (e.g., feed-in tariffs), and evaluate the impact of tax incentives or other support structures.