Presentation: The Missing Infrastructure Behind Small-Scale Clean Energy: What It Takes to Move from Policy and Capital to Completed Projects
The presentation would focus on the infrastructure required to make smaller-scale clean energy projects work in practice—not just the technology itself. I would address the intersection of affordable financing, contractor capacity, legal and compliance requirements, servicing, customer protection, organizational capacity, and accountability. The central question would be: What must lenders, program administrators, contractors, and other stakeholders build so that residential, community, nonprofit, and small commercial clean energy projects can scale successfully?