Resources
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Cleantech and Emissions Trading: Starting to Come Together 4 October, 2006 UtiliPoint IssueAlert | I recently had the pleasure of speaking and chairing the green trading panel at the Cleantech Venture Forum (www.cleantech.com) in New York. There was quite a bit of interest in how SO2, NOX, CO2 and Recs were related to clean technology projects. These are very good issues to dive into, since the regulations on both emissions trading and renewable portfolio standards are quite confusing to investors. They are actually more confusing on CO2 reduction and renewable energy due to the lack of the federal standards on both. However, it seems kind of obvious to most cleantech investors that we are entering a carbon constrained world and that their venture capital investments in clean technology will have an environmental kicker at some juncture in the United States and in 2008 in the Kyoto world. The question then becomes, "How is this related to carbon finance and carbon offsets and more importantly investment in the realm of clean energy and cleaner technology?" | |
Carbon Credits from Renewable Energy 11 September, 2006 | Generally U.S. companies developing renewable energy projects may be able to set-up and obtain Renewable Energy Credits (RECs), which is the prevalent offset crediting mechanism in many states. In the United States, there is no national mandated carbon offset program, although there are several initiatives for mandatory programs being developed such as the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) by seven North Eastern States and the recent California Global Warming Bill. These mandatory programs are not yet fully operative. | |
Cleantech's Second Wave 26 August, 2006 UtiliPoint IssueAlert | In recent months, I have been speaking and meeting with many folks who are chasing the dream of green. That is green in money and environmental sustainability. Clearly, there is a knowledge gap which needs to be breached. Wall Street banks still don't adequately cover the sector, although they do cover the ethanol roll ups and solar IPO deals. Research is spotty, at best. | |
Cleantech is More Than a Buzzword 27 April, 2006 UtiliPoint IssueAlert | I recently had the pleasure of presenting at the annual Environmental Financial Workshop in Toronto where private equity, green building developers, and several Canadian venture capital clean tech funds presented. One great overview, which I will share in this IssueAlert® was Nick Parker's presentation on Cleantech investment patterns. Nick not only coined the term "cleantech" (it could have been greentech, he noted) but also founded the Cleantech Venture Network which is the best resource on the Web for information and networking in the space (www.cleantech.com). Nick feels that clean tech is now a “smart industrial revolution” as a next wave of venture innovation. | |
Investing in the Green Space Today 22 February, 2006 UtiliPoint IssueAlert | The third year of sustained higher energy prices has finally convinced investors that higher energy prices are here to stay. This acknowledgement is igniting the clean technology sector as environmental issues are also pushing forward. In fact, energy and environment are now fused as an emerging investment sector. Its outcomes cannot be charted, but it is helpful to understand the investment parameters and dynamics of this new sector. | |
Advances in Green Trading: A First-ever Use of Renewable Energy Certificates to Comply with the Clean Air Act 25 October, 2005 New York Academy of Sciences Academy eBriefing | As a spin-off of the fourth Green Trading Summit, Fusaro asked Colin High, vice president of Resource Systems Group and a summit speaker, to give a May 3, 2005, talk before the Academy's Environmental Sciences Section. High's subject was an innovative, market-based regulatory compliance project conducted under the federal Clean Air Act. Fusaro framed High's talk with opening remarks on the subject of green trading markets. | |
Turbulent Markets Ahead: Why the Energy & Environmental Crisis Will Continue For Many Years 1 September, 2005 UtiliPoint IssueAlert | The recent run up in crude, gasoline, heating oil and natural gas are harbingers of the future. | |
What is Green Trading? 1 March, 2005 reFOCUS March/April 2005 | Green Trading is a term coined several years ago to capture the value of the convergence of the capital markets and the environment. Peter C. Fusaro, Global Change Associates Inc., who originated the term “Green Trading”, provides an overview of its benefits and how it can lead to a cleaner environment. |