The ability to access on-site solar is often determined by whether a household can either pay cash upfront or arrange financing for a 20-year investment. Most households in the United States are not able or willing to do either on their own. While solar leases have surged in popularity among those who can qualify, the…
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New reports highlight exciting developments in electric mobility
Last week the German International Cooperation Agency (GIZ) convened various international organizations to discuss transport decarbonization at the Transport and Climate Change Week. GIZ’s partners include groups such as the Sustainable and Low Carbon Transportation (SLOCAT) Partnership, C40 Cities Climate Facility, ICLEI-Local Governments for Sustainability, and the Transformative Urban Mobility Initiative (TUMI). Clean Energy Works…
2030 Climate Challenge Finalists Include Team with Clean Energy Works
Clean Energy Works, in partnership with Solar United Neighbors and LibertyHomes has been selected as one of five finalists in the 2030 Climate Challenge. This $10 million award supported by Lever for Change, aims to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the buildings, industry, and/or transportation sectors in the U.S. by 2030. “While the world is…
Tamara Jones joins Clean Energy Works in New Managing Director Role
Clean Energy Works has welcomed Tamara Jones as the organization’s first Managing Director. Tamara brings more than fifteen years of managerial experience in the nonprofit and public sectors. This new role will lead Clean Energy Works in a continued trajectory of growth, strengthening our internal teams and processes to better serve champions for inclusive investment…
Inclusion Imperative: Gains in 2020 expand uses for site-specific investment in energy upgrades
Movements for racial equity and climate justice continue to demonstrate the need to accelerate investments in cost-effective distributed energy solutions to open the clean energy economy to all. In 2020, Clean Energy Works made many gains in expanding uses for site-specific utility investment for energy upgrades. Want to join us in our work for 2021?…
Could Vehicle-Grid Integration make EVs more affordable?
Clean Energy Works is partnering with Roanoke Electric Cooperative to harness electric vehicle (EV) batteries in ways that can make both EVs and grid services more affordable for all. The project is designed to determine the additional financial value of using the batteries on-board an electric vehicle when the car is parked at its home…
Accelerating Electric Bus Deployment in Latin America with ZEBRA 2.0
Clean Energy Works is delighted to be a partner for the second phase of the Zero Emission Bus Rapid-Deployment Accelerator – ZEBRA 2.0. This new phase of the project which started in 2018, will be launched this month and last into 2022. The collective goal of ZEBRA is to channel $1 billion USD of investment…
Applying the PAYS® System to On-Site Solar to Expand Access for All
Too many people are effectively locked out of the economic opportunity that on-site solar investments present. Access to on-site solar is determined by the ability to either pay cash upfront or arrange financing for a 20 year investment, and most households in the U.S. can’t do either on their own. While solar leases have surged…
Discussing Electric Bus Financing with Convergence
Earlier this year, Clean Energy Works released a report on our work to design a blended finance solution using the PAYS for Clean Transport, to reduce diesel emissions and accelerate the electrification of transit in Lima, Peru. This work was supported by Convergence Blended Finance with a Design Funding Grant. As a follow up to the…
PAYS for Clean Transport Selected for GGGI Accelerator on e-Mobility
In June, Clean Energy Works participated in the Virtual Accelerator Workshop on e-Mobility hosted by Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI), the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Korea, and the Partnership for Green Growth and the Global Goals 2030 (P4G). PAYS for Clean Transport was selected as one of business models to support…