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An Economic Case For Governments To Make Sustainable Capital Investments

May 4, 2015 by Silvio Marcacci 2 Comments

An Economic Case For Governments To Make Sustainable Capital Investments

It’s hard to miss headlines about the perils of investing without considering climate change. From HSBC to the G20, institutional investors are concerned about inherent risks from failing to consider what happens when climate reality meets economic reality – but what about governments?Several states have implemented carbon pricing and the federal government set a social cost of carbon, but state governments looking to make sustainable … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Carbon and De-carbonization, Communications and Messaging, Energy, Energy and Economy, Energy Collective Exclusive, Energy Security, Environmental Policy, Finance, Fuels, News, Politics & Legislation, Public Health, Renewables, Risk Management, Solar Power, Sustainability, Transportation, Utilities Tagged With: capital, electric vehicles (evs), government spending, Green Growth

Capital Keeps Pouring Into Booming US Residential Solar Energy Market

April 9, 2014 by Eric Wesoff 1 Comment

Capital Keeps Pouring Into Booming US Residential Solar Energy Market

The residential solar installation and finance market is remaking itself through new alliances, vertical integration and hybrid sales channels, as well as with access to increasingly cheaper capital. We are in a post-CSI era and yet installation prices continue to fall.The early winners in this high-growth and volatile market have emerged. But the landscape is still shifting.Residential solar news roundupSungevity raised a $70 million funding … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Cleantech, Electricity, Energy, Energy and Economy, Energy Security, Environmental Policy, Finance, Fuels, Green Business, Solar Power, Sustainability, Tech, Utilities Tagged With: capital, solar energy market, solar investment

Energy Efficiency Policy After ARRA–Access to Capital is Not Enough

October 13, 2011 by Shari Shapiro Leave a Comment

My loyal readers may have been surprised (or relieved) by my hiatus from publishing.  I was not idle, however.  I led a study on Energy Efficiency Policy in New Jersey and Pennsylvania on behalf of the Department of Energy-funded Greater Philadelphia Innovation Cluster for Energy Efficient Buildings.  I completed the work last week, and it will be released soon.  I have also been advising New … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Efficiency Tagged With: arra, capital, energy efficiency, financing

Solar Companies Turning to Corporate Partnerships For Capital

April 13, 2011 by clean energy experts Leave a Comment

By Matthew K. Norris, Contributing Writer to MyEnergySolution.comFor many start up companies, venture capital financing remains one the signature corporate events in the history of the company.  Not only does venture financing provide the company capital to advance their product but it is also somewhat of a stamp of approval that your company is worthy of venture capital attention. Venture capital also serves, for the most part, as a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Finance, Green Business, Solar Power Tagged With: capital, cleantech, solar, startup, venture capital

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