# A new way to finance renewable energy

- Institution: TED
- Department: TEDxMiltonAcademy
- Speaker: Michael Kennedy
- Year: 2022
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Earth and environment, Economics, Business and management
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/michael_kennedy_a_new_way_to_finance_renewable_energy)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

Pivoting to renewable energy is more crucial than ever before but many individuals and institutions cite an unfavorable cost benefit analysis as an obstacle to immediate adoption. Michael Kennedy argues that changing the financial structure of renewable energy to benefit communities at large instead of just the wealthy will help us address climate change at a faster rate.

## Lectures

1. [A new way to finance renewable energy](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/michael_kennedy_a_new_way_to_finance_renewable_energy/56760aff84d7), 15 min (TED's player)