Methods, systems and financial instruments for financing renewable energy consumer premises equipment

• US 20080091590A1
• Filed: 01/12/2007
• Published: 04/17/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 10/17/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Clean Power Finance, Inc. (Spruce Power Holding Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Clean Power Finance, Inc. (Spruce Power Holding Corp.)
• Inventors: Kremen, Gary
• Application Number:
  US11/653,325
• Publication Number:
  US 20080091590A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/38
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/03 Credit; Loans; Processing thereof
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/06 Asset management; Financial planning or analysis
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/06 Energy or water supply
• CPC Class Codes: Y02P 90/90 Financial instruments for climate change mitigation, e.g. environmental taxes, subsidies or financing
• CPC Class Codes: Y04S 10/50 Systems or methods supporting the power network operation or management, involving a certain degree of interaction with the load-side end user applications

Abstract

The present invention teaches a variety of systems, methods and financial instruments for financing renewable energy consumer premises equipment (CPE). The teaching contemplates, among other things, supporting financing for a renewable energy by securing attributes of the CPE that are separate from the naked power generated by the renewable energy CPE when in operation at a consumer premises. The renewable energy CPE may be attached to a structure on the consumer premises, disposed free standing on the consumer premises, or through any other suitable means of utilizing the CPE ohn the consumer premises.

Claims