Our new explainer feature and latest policy memo light up this winter..
Our new explainer feature and latest policy memo light up this winter..
News focused exclusively on financing for
energy efficiency and renewable energy
From this edition forward, sound deals start here. 
As we've promised, Clean Energy Finance Forum now focuses original reporting on stories that define and explain common complexities in dealmaking. We hope they help our writers commence careers and help our readers cement agreements that lift investment. This time, business and public policy student Drew D'Alelio spells out how utilities can retire coal-burning power plants through selling securities. 
That story shows how, with intentional steps to include all stakeholders, capital can propel the energy transition faster and farther. We also feature a policy memo from a participant in our Financing and Deploying Clean Energy certificate program, arguing for a carbon price to clarify opportunities and expectations facing American corporations. 
The news roundup and job listings attest to an energy system we're rebuilding in real time. Please tell us the topics and frames that can sharpen your vision along the way. 

From Our Team
We Break Down the Terms, You Build Up the Field. Enjoy Our New Explainer Series. 
Drew D'Alelio

If you want to confirm that you understand a concept, explain how you apply it in the field. Our students will do that each month this semester. They'll answer questions you keep asking and ones you haven't dared to ask out loud. We begin this series with a clarification on how securitization can help bring about the end of coal pollution. Get to know it...
Policy Memo: The Right Price is the Light
Katie Sarro

The complex calculations driving a coal-plant securitization reveal one trail to a sustainable economy. This policy memo from our Financing and Deploying Clean Energy certificate program posits a straighter path. The memo presses the United States Senate for a modest but effective price on carbon. The author asserts that the price of ongoing gridlock will grow too high. Come on down...
What You'll See When You Join FDCE
Upcoming events

The application round for our next Financing and Deploying Clean Energy certificate program cohort remains open through March 13. For a taste of what participants learn and whom they meet, join an "Ask Me Anything" session with current learners at noon EST on January 25. You can also call into an informational webinar on the program on February 1 at noon EST. 

Industry News: Bets, Bests, and Breakthroughs
To Sidestep the Unlivable, Proponents Aim to Make Geoengineering Investment Less Unthinkable
The notion of seeding clouds or dimming sunlight aims to create space for gradual decarbonization. Some parties consider it too dangerous, on scientific and moral grounds. But scientists tell Reuters that investment in geoengineering should look less scary than the alternative. See the seeds... 
To Build Reliability in California, Tread Carefully on Rooftop Solar Rates (And Mind the Stars)
Some of the Golden State's biggest utilities are locking arms with advocates for affordable energy - and facing off against some solar promoters with star power. The proposal that divides the camps would lower subsidies for rooftop solar and cut rates for solar owners who send power to the grid. Celebrities weigh in against the proposal, reports Bloomberg. The state regulator must make the call. Now playing...
At America's Other Coast, A Half-Million Acres Prepare for Offshore Wind and Updates to the Grid
This reporting from E&E News details how, on February 23, developers will bid to lease 480,000 acres off New York and New Jersey for offshore wind. The story also details public investments in grid improvements, including transmission, to foster wind power. Read it here - and continue sailing with this related press release from New York State. 
And Across the Ocean, Some Smart Money Says Betting on Methane as a Bridge Fuel Is Blarney
The pace of renewable investment in Europe leaves gas-fired projects in the dust. Yet gas investors insist they play a valuable part in the European energy mix. In this Irish Times profile, a developer decries European regulatory overtures to classify gas as a sustainable fuel. Get the tiger by the tail...
Back to the Pacific, a Japanese Official Talks Up Carbon Capture in Promising to Phase Out Coal 
In this interview with the Associated Press, Japan's environment minister signals a "gradual" erasure of coal from that country's economy. The article also airs high hopes for carbon-capture technology to make Japan a leader in the energy transition. See what the minister seems to say...

Webinars and Events
Hearing on "Cleaning Up Cryptocurrency: The Energy Impacts of Blockchains"
United States House Committee on Energy & Commerce
Washington, DC, WebEx, or Livestream
January 20, 2022 at 10:30 am 
How Regional and Local Journalists Can Better Understand Their Energy Landscape
RMI
January 20, 2022 at 10 am EST 
Solar Energy Technologies Office Peer Review
US Department of Energy
January 31, 2022 at 10 am EST (all day)
The True Cost of Carbon
University of Pennsylvania Kleinman Center on Energy Policy 
Philadelphia, PA or Zoom
February 10, 2022 at noon EST 

Jobs 
Multiple positions- Clean Energy Corps
United States Department of Energy
Multiple locations
Strategy Manager
Con Edison
New York, NY
Senior Research Scholar or Research Scholar
Columbia University Center on Global Energy Policy
New York, NY 
Multiple positions
Solar Energy Industries Association
Washington, DC

Offshore Wind Program Director
AECOM
Remote within the Northeastern United States
Strategic Advisor
Center for Sustainable Energy
San Diego, CA
UK Hub: Head of Studies, Manager
Fortescue Future Industries
Glasgow, UK

Manager- Assurance
EY
New Delhi, India
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