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Lessons Learned Martin Stadelmann, Gianleo Frisari and Anja Rosenberg June 23, 2014 San Giorgio Group Case Study: Eskom CSP 100MW plant, South Africa Rodney Boyd, Anja Rosenberg and Andrew Hobbs June 13, 2014 San Giorgio Group Case Study: The Role of Public Finance in CSP - Rajasthan Sun Technique 100MW CSP plant, India Martin Stadelmann, Gianleo Frisari and Charith Konda March 10, 2014 San Giorgio Group Brief: The Role of Public Finance in CSP - Background and Approach to Measuring Effectiveness Martin Stadelmann, Gianleo Frisari, Rodney Boyd and Jacobo Feás January 17, 2014 Global Landscape of Climate Finance 2013 Barbara Buchner, Morgan Hervé-Mignucci, Chiara Trabacchi, Jane Wilkinson, Martin Stadelmann, Rodney Boyd, Federico Mazza, Angela Falconer and Valerio Micale October 22, 2013 Improving Solar Policy: Lessons from the solar leasing boom in California Andrew Hobbs, Elinor Benami and Uday Varadarajan July 25, 2013 Global Landscape of Climate Finance 2012 Barbara Buchner, Angela Falconer, Morgan Hervé-Mignucci and Chiara Trabacchi December 3, 2012 Supporting Renewables While Saving Taxpayers Money Uday Varadarajan, Andrew Hobbs and Kath Rowley September 16, 2012 San Giorgio Group Case Study: Ouarzazate I CSP Angela Falconer and Gianleo Frisari August 28, 2012 The Impacts of Policy on the Financing of Renewable Projects: A Case Study Analysis Uday Varadarajan, David Nelson and Morgan Hervé-Mignucci October 1, 2011 The Role of Government Policy in the Development of Solar Photovoltaic Power: Project Overview David Nelson May 1, 2011 PV Industry and Policy in Germany and China Thilo Grau, Molin Huo and Karsten Neuhoff March 1, 2011 More Publications + Blog Electrifying the Last Mile: Community-based Renewable Energy for Eastern Indonesia Hari Solagratia, Fatihatul Nurfitriani and Albertus Prabu Siagian July 31, 2024 Futureproofing Indian Public Sector Enterprises (Part 2) Arnab Sarkar and Saarthak Khurana June 21, 2023 Climate Finance in Indonesia: A landmark 2022 lays solid foundation for action in 2023 Tiza Mafira March 10, 2023 Climate Finance in Indonesia: Top 10 highlights from 2021 Tiza Mafira February 21, 2022 3 lessons from India for achieving clean and accessible energy Dhruba Purkayastha and Labanya Prakash Jena February 8, 2021 Climate Finance in Indonesia: Our top stories from 2020 Tiza Mafira February 1, 2021 Solar Municipal Bonds: Unlocking India’s Energy Potential Gireesh Shrimali and Saurabh Trivedi June 7, 2018 Blending finance for risk mitigation Valerio Micale April 18, 2018 How Big Dollars Are Catalyzing India’s Small-Scale Solar Market Gireesh Shrimali October 23, 2017 Flexibility — the workhorse of the global energy transition April 27, 2017 EU winter package brings renewables in from the cold Will Steggals December 1, 2016 Millennials: the new power generation fueling the future with clean energy Uday Varadarajan October 12, 2016 Four ways to jumpstart rooftop solar power in India Gireesh Shrimali September 15, 2016 Two instruments for attracting foreign investment to renewable energy in India Gireesh Shrimali March 17, 2016 Institutional Investors Can Help India Meet Its Climate Action Pledge Gireesh Shrimali October 8, 2015 Managing the risks of dollar-linked tariffs in India and other developing countries Gireesh Shrimali August 3, 2015 Könnten neue Investitionsstrukturen im deutschen Markt für erneuerbare Energien die Finanzierungskosten senken? Brian O'Connell June 19, 2015 Achieving India's Solar Power Target Efficiently Gireesh Shrimali May 4, 2015 India Needs to Fix Finances to Make Renewable Energy Dreams a Reality Gireesh Shrimali February 16, 2015 3 Reasons for Measured Optimism about Climate Finance Barbara Buchner December 4, 2014 International public finance supports South Africa’s deployment of concentrated solar power Anja Rosenberg August 21, 2014 With new market structures and business models, consumers can help states reduce carbon emissions Patricia Levi July 8, 2014 Indian concentrated solar power policy delivers a world-leading CSP plant but still needs adjustment Martin Stadelmann June 5, 2014 Adjustments to Indian renewable energy policies could save up to 78% in subsidies Gireesh Shrimali April 21, 2014 Is concentrated solar power getting any cheaper? And what role can policy play in bringing costs down? Martin Stadelmann January 22, 2014 Will California’s AB327 help or hinder renewable energy? The devil is in the details Patricia Levi November 18, 2013 India’s Solar Mission is making good progress for solar PV but not for solar thermal Gireesh Shrimali August 28, 2013 What’s working and what’s not in state renewable portfolio standards July 11, 2013 Could one of the cheapest Concentrated Solar Power plants be a turning point for this technology? Gianleo Frisari July 2, 2013 The next step for U.S. renewables is to drive low-cost private investment – and to do so as cost-effectively as possible Uday Varadarajan June 25, 2013 The role of risk in renewable energy deployment: A video overview Barbara Buchner June 10, 2013 Why policy matters for institutional investment in renewable energy May 23, 2013 In India, Renewable Energy Certificates are missing the target Gireesh Shrimali February 11, 2013 Policy Watch: Black carbon, Beijing’s new air pollution measures, and California carbon trading January 24, 2013 Banking on the sun Andrew Hobbs January 7, 2013 Renewable portfolio standards - the high cost of insuring against high costs December 17, 2012 Policy Watch: UN climate talks wrap up, Indonesia approves landmark forest protection deal, and Africa’s largest solar plant close to breaking ground December 11, 2012 Did federal renewable incentives make a difference? Uday Varadarajan December 3, 2012 Taxpayers could save on wind and solar Kath Rowley October 4, 2012 Renewable energy in California: What has policy brought us? Andrew Hobbs September 21, 2012 Supporting Renewables while Saving Taxpayers Money Uday Varadarajan September 18, 2012 More Blog + CPI in the News Financing scale-up of rooftop solar power via municipal bonds Ideas For India June 6, 2018 Solar Municipal Bonds: Unlocking India’s Energy Potential Green Growth Knowledge June 1, 2018 Brasil começa a aproveitar seu potencial de energia solar Exame March 16, 2018 Municipal bonds may help India get close to its 40 GW rooftop solar target pv magazine February 28, 2018 Can cities provide a solution to India's energy woes? Municipal solar bonds key The Economic Times February 23, 2018 Fewer PV systems in Brazil’s sunnier zones, researchers find Decentralized Energy October 12, 2017 Geração solar ficará mais competitiva com mudanças no marco regulatório Valor Econômico October 10, 2017 India’s solar-powered dreams Live Mint June 28, 2015 Green Power Gets a Big Push Mint May 25, 2015 Policy Revamp Key to Boost Renewable Energy in India The Hindu Business Line April 14, 2015 More CPI in the News + Press Releases The IKEA Foundation and Climate Policy Initiative launch new effort to unlock millions in finance for renewable energy products and services to improve people’s livelihoods in rural India January 9, 2023 CPI launches Rooftop Solar Investment Accelerator Facility at BNEF Summit Bali November 12, 2022 The Lab launches eight new finance solutions to drive climate action and green recovery September 29, 2020 First accounting of green investment flows in India reveals a need for significant increase September 11, 2020 US-India Clean Energy Finance initiative partners with PTC India Financial Services Limited to mobilize debt financing for distributed solar energy in India April 9, 2019 Tata Cleantech Capital Limited joins the US-India Clean Energy Finance initiative to drive debt financing for clean energy access in underserved communities in India August 24, 2018 USICEF selects a new round of grant recipients to catalyze distributed solar power in India March 7, 2018 Subsidies on electricity tariff are an obstacle for developing Brazil’s market for distributed solar generation October 10, 2017 Subsídios na tarifa de energia elétrica dificultam expansão do mercado de energia solar no Brasil October 10, 2017 USICEF selects first round of grant recipients to catalyze distributed solar power in India September 22, 2017 More than double the investment needed is available for German renewable energy transition if policy is right April 14, 2016 Neue Studie zeigt enormes Investitionspotenzial für den Ausbau Erneuerbarer Energien April 14, 2016 Gireesh Shrimali selected to advise NITI Aayog Expert Group on rooftop solar power June 24, 2015 Auctions can be an effective mechanism to achieve India’s renewable energy targets May 13, 2015 Wind Power Can Provide Cost-Effective Path to Meeting India's Renewable Energy Targets April 14, 2015 More Press Releases + Events The Lab: Demo Day 2020 October 22, 2020 Virtual Event: India’s Green Finance Landscape - Status Quo and Future Directions Virtual Session September 11, 2020 Renewable Watch 11th Annual Conference GGKP Webinar: Nature-Based Solutions for Greener Cities October 31, 2017 International Energy Conference Vadodara, India October 6, 2016 More Events +