Solar Costs to Fall as REITs Emerge as Source of Funding
A San Francisco startup may win approval as soon as this month to become the first firm allowed to raise money for solar-power projects as a REIT, the financing vehicle used in $637 billion of U.S....
View ArticleRenewable Energy Industries Push for New Financing Options
For years, green energy industries like wind and solar have been telling Congress that they cannot yet compete with fossil fuels without hefty tax breaks intended especially for them. But with...
View ArticleAlphabet’s Silicon-Based Thermoelectric Tech Gets $16M in VC
Searching for breakthrough technology that will convert waste heat to power—efficiently “Waste-heat recovery is the largest untapped potential for energy efficiency,” according to Alphabet Energy’s...
View ArticleNew Fund Unlocks $150 Billion in Efficiency Savings
Innovative financing offers upgrades to 4 million small and medium properties; controls costs, cuts energy use, puts contractors to work SAN FRANCISCO – March 13, 2013 – Manufacturers, schools,...
View ArticleLeveraging Impact Investment for Small- and Mid-Size Energy Efficiency Projects
Customers do not want to borrow, nor do banks care to lend for these relatively small projects (<$1.0 million). Though banks are the most common source of funding in the commercial sector, they...
View ArticleTesla sales beating Mercedes, BMW and Audi
You know the Tesla Model S, the $70,000 (and-up) electric car that “nobody can afford”? Well, evidently, more than a few people can afford it. In fact, in the first quarter of this year, more people...
View ArticleNew Ohio Efficiency Resource Fund to Help Upgrade Buildings, Save Energy...
Now accepting applications from facility owners with efficiency retrofit projects costing less than $1 million CLEVELAND – May 23, 2013 – Manufacturers, schools, churches, and clinics throughout the...
View ArticleCalifornia Energy-Storage Plan May Require $3 Billion Investment
Energy companies may invest as much as $3 billion on power-storage systems in California to facilitate wider use of renewable energy. Utilities owned by PG&E Corp. (PCG), Sempra Energy (SRE) and...
View ArticleOracle chairman gives University of California $50M to study energy efficiency
SANTA BARBARA, Calif. — Jeff Henley, the former CFO of software giant Oracle and now the chairman of its board, is making a $50 million gift to the University of California at Santa Barbara’s Institute...
View ArticleThe Cleantech Cliff: global venture capital investment plunged 33 percent in...
You could call it the cleantech cliff: Global clean-technology venture investment plunged to $6.46 billion in 2012, down 33 percent from the $9.61 billion invested a year ago, according to San...
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