Impact Investing in the Energy Sector - How Federal Action Can Galvanize Private Sector Support for Energy Innovation and Deployment

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Sarah Kearney

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Alicia Seiger

Stanford University - Steyer-Taylor Center for Energy Policy and Finance; Stanford Sustainable Finance Initiative

Peter Berliner

Mission Investors Exchange

Date Written: October 15, 2014

Abstract

This paper highlights specific actions the federal government can take to provide a strategic coordination function among the diverse set of actors with flexible, mission-interested capital, and to catalyze investment in energy innovation and deployment. Our primary goal is to advance a conversation among government stakeholders that will lead imminently to action, putting energy at the center of the burgeoning impact investing movement.

Keywords: impact investing, energy, energy innovation, clean energy deployment

Suggested Citation

Kearney, Sarah and Seiger, Alicia and Seiger, Alicia and Berliner, Peter, Impact Investing in the Energy Sector - How Federal Action Can Galvanize Private Sector Support for Energy Innovation and Deployment (October 15, 2014). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2617772 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2617772

Sarah Kearney

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Alicia Seiger (Contact Author)

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Peter Berliner

Mission Investors Exchange ( email )

Seattle, WA

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