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 # Conference on Clean Energy Financing Signals a Shift in Funding the Low-Carbon Economy 

 

##### By Brad Copithorne

 

 

 Mar 31, 2014 12:25 PM ET

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[Conference on Clean Energy Financing Signals a Shift in Funding the Low-Carbon …](http://ow.ly/vdLM1)

In 2010, I began working on financial policy at EDF. Our objective was to implement policies that would allow private sector companies to profitably deliver financing solutions to residential and commercial property owners footing the upfront cost of money-saving energy efficiency and clean distributed generation (such as rooftop solar) projects. While the residential solar market was already gaining steam at the time, most of the other markets had very limited momentum. But after attending the [clean energy finance conference](http://www.edf.org/media/conference-convenes-chief-experts-private-and-public-sectors-explore-innovations-clean-energy?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+EnvironmentalDefense%2FPressReleases+%28EDF.org+-+Press+Releases%29?utm_source=3bl&utm_medium=distro&utm_campaign=3bl) that EDF co-hosted yesterday with Citi, energy efficiency solutions provider Elevate Energy, and law firm Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, it appears that the market for financing clean energy projects is beginning to accelerate rapidly.

The agenda featured 12 private companies from the clean energy sector (Kilowatt Financial, Clean Power Finance, Renovate America, AFC First Financial Corp., Renewable Funding, Clean Fund, Joule Assets, Noesis Energy, SCIEnergy, Metrus Energy, Hannon Armstrong, and Honest Buildings), plus a few more in the audience, that are executing a wide range of transactions using Property Assessed Clean Energy ([PACE](http://blogs.edf.org/energyexchange/2014/03/21/pace-financing-for-clean-energy-part-2-lowering-the-funding-costs/?utm_source=3bl&utm_medium=distro&utm_campaign=3bl)), [On-Bill Repayment](http://www.edf.org/climate/triple-benefits-bill-repayment?utm_source=3bl&utm_medium=distro&utm_campaign=3bl), [Energy Services Agreements](http://www.nyceec.com/esa/) (ESAs), and many other innovative techniques to fund the transition to a low-carbon economy.

[Read More on EDF's Energy Exchange Blog»](http://ow.ly/vdLM1)



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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