Elizabeth Barnes
How the Insurance Industry Can Approach Mitigating Climate Change Risks
Conversations about climate change are centered around what tools organizations and individuals have at their disposal to accelerate the...
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Elizabeth Barnes
- Feb 27
- 3 min
Key Takeaways from IMN’s ESG & Decarbonizing Real Estate Conference
Energetic Insurance attended IMN’s ESG & Decarbonizing Real Estate Conference in early February. The conference focuses on how the energy...
Elizabeth Barnes
- Feb 3
- 3 min
How Property Owners and Managers can Comply with New York City’s Local Law 97
Lobbies around New York City proudly display signage declaring that the retrofitted infrastructure installed improves the building’s...
Kathryn Meng Elmes
- Jan 11
- 5 min
How to Overcome Commercial Real Estate Energy Procurement Challenges
A majority of CRE properties are ripe for energy efficiency upgrades and clean energy procurement. Yet contract hurdles & credit barriers...
Kathryn Meng Elmes
- Dec 31, 2022
- 3 min
2022 Clean Energy Market Recap & 2023 Outlook
Eyes on the IRA, permitting & interconnection, recession fears, credit challenges, emerging technologies & community solar anchor strategies
Kathryn Meng Elmes
- Dec 14, 2022
- 4 min
Solving for Infrastructural Bottlenecks in the US Electric Grid
Distributed generation can help mitigate the regulatory gridlock of permitting and interconnection that constrains renewable energy projects
Kathryn Meng Elmes
- Dec 1, 2022
- 3 min
Virtual PPAs, Being Proactive in a Seller’s Market
Demand for renewable energy has grown exponentially, and supply has not kept pace. Developers are planning for offtaker diversification.
Kathryn Meng Elmes
- Nov 17, 2022
- 4 min
What Changes to Expect in the Renewable Energy Industry in 2023
Despite an influx of capital into the energy transition, the short-term availability of capital could get tighter. Expect market liquidity..
Kathryn Meng Elmes
- Nov 16, 2022
- 2 min
How the Inflation Reduction Act is Impacting Clean Energy Financing and Development
The IRA will bring about a favorable clean energy investment environment. Direct pay and transferability will have limitations. Tax equity..
Kathryn Meng Elmes
- Nov 3, 2022
- 3 min
State of the Market: Renewables Procurement, Scope 3, and Carbon Credits
Clean energy developers are sprinting to meet insatiable corporate demand. Credit presents a significant barrier to corporate procurement...
Kathryn Meng Elmes
- Jul 21, 2022
- 4 min
How a Startup is Filling the Shoes of Big Financial Capital
“This is coming up in everyday conversation.... Why didn’t anyone else do this?... It feels like this should have been addressed,...
Kathryn Meng Elmes
- Jun 14, 2022
- 3 min
The Good and Bad News on Renewable Energy & Environmental Tax Credits
Financiers and developers are striving to better understand investment and underwriting risks in the context of long-term macro scenarios
Kathryn Meng Elmes
- Jun 7, 2022
- 2 min
4 Trends In The Clean Energy Procurement Market
A growing number of Fortune 500 companies are striving to achieve a 90% carbon-free electricity system in the US by 2030
Kathryn Meng Elmes
- May 23, 2022
- 5 min
The Product Every Project Developer Should Purchase
What product should “pretty much every developer out there … be looking for?” Insurance. “If you are developing a solar project, among...
Kathryn Meng Elmes
- May 10, 2022
- 3 min
Technology-Enabled Expansion: Energetic Insurance Now Serving Energy Efficiency, Utility-Scale Solar
Distributed energy resources (DERs) have the power to fuel the world. 20% of U.S. electricity generation now comes from renewable...
Kathryn Meng Elmes
- May 3, 2022
- 4 min
How More Schools Can Access Renewable Energy
Collaboration between a developer, financier, offtaker, & insurance provider enabled the development and procurement of 603kW clean energy
Kathryn Meng Elmes
- Apr 19, 2022
- 3 min
What Rising Rates mean for Renewable Development
Alarm bells are ringing. Rates are rising. But what does that mean for renewable energy development? Rates have been de minimis since...
Kathryn Meng Elmes
- Mar 10, 2022
- 4 min
How to Link Renewable Energy Projects and Capital
Capital, meet impactful Projects. Projects, meet our creative friend, Capital. We’ll let you connect from here, and know you’ll get along...
Kathryn Meng Elmes
- Mar 1, 2022
- 4 min
Why You Should Be In A Rush To Refinance Your Maturing Solar Projects
There are two primary drivers for refinances in the clean energy industry; expiring tax equity and rising interest rates.
Kathryn Meng Elmes
- Feb 23, 2022
- 4 min
Demystifying the Role of Insurance in Addressing Climate Change
“What if insurance, yes, insurance, could be a powerful ally in decarbonizing the economy, really helping us to actually get to scale a...
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