During last years, energy efficiency experts in Europe and US, backed by a 1,5 billion EUR investor network , have worked together to increase confidence into investing in energy efficiency - serving…

The following article is a summary of the report “Guidelines for IS project development for improved engagement of funding schemes” delivered by the EU project CORALIS. And it is also a training…

How to drive energy efficiency? Make energy efficiency projects bankable Gain client trust by delivering energy savings as promised How that works? During last years, energy efficiency experts in…

Financing is often stated as one of the biggest challenges to implement a smart city strategy . This is not only due to pressure on public budgets but also to inherent complexity of smart city…

The traditional power system is experiencing a push towards innovation like never before. The abundance of renewable energy sources and solutions, increasingly fragmented stakeholder groups,…

The Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy in Germany describes a European initiative to establish battery cell production in Germany and Europe, which includes comment from the Economic…

Last week I took a three-hour training course. The subject wasn’t important for what I want to say, but I will mention it later. In mid July, the Investor Confidence Project Europe will be holding its…

Rethinking the Value of Energy Efficiency in Business Imagine convincing a CEO to greenlight an energy efficiency upgrade. You present the projected energy savings and quick payback. Still, the deal…

2 non-legislative EU initiatives for industrial energy efficiency The industrial energy efficiency community was downcast late last year after the European Commission published its clean energy…

The Investor Confidence Project: The importance of technical integrity The Investor Confidence Project , funded by the European Commission, was brought to Europe to develop a system to give confidence…