By Charley Rattan Progress for hydrogen in Canada Click headline for full article Read Full Article Here For more great articles: The Energy Collective – The world’s best thinkers on energy & climate
By [email protected] BlackRock, the world’s largest asset manager, is suddenly putting sustainability and climate risk at the center of its investment strategy. “Investors are increasingly…recognizing that climate risk is investment risk. These questions are driving a profound reassessment of risk and asset values. And because capital markets pull future risk forward, we will see changes…
By [email protected] This week BlackRock, the world’s largest investor in coal, added its name to a list of 117 globally significant financial institutions with a coal-exclusion policy. The move sends a loud signal to markets about the risk of the world’s dirtiest fossil fuel. But it’s the first, not the last step toward limiting BlackRock’s…
By [email protected] San Francisco-based startup Leap has raised $8.2 million in equity and debt, aimed at expanding its business of linking megawatts of flexible behind-the-meter load to grid market opportunities in California. Thursday’s equity investment was led by Union Square Partners, the first energy investment for the Boston-based venture firm; it was joined by existing…
A late surge of offshore wind farm financings in the fourth quarter helped make 2019 a record year for the sector, while total investments in wind power capacity rose 6% year on year, according to new figures. Read Full Article Here For more great articles: Wind Power News & Analysis RSS Feed
By Kim Dorsey Wednesday February 19, 2020 2PM ET / 11AM PT Discover the market trends on solar software customization related to financing, design, quoting and project management and how solar installers are using them to fuel their business growth. Solargraf (www.solargraf.com) will share how long time customer Ipsun Solar (https://www.ipsunsolar.com/) has used Solargraf to…
By [email protected] In a move that will resound across the world of energy investing, BlackRock, the world’s largest asset manager, this week warned of a “fundamental reshaping of finance” as the impacts of climate change become better understood. BlackRock CEO Larry Fink said in an open letter that his company will end support for thermal…
Solar developer has 73MW of operating PV projects on the island and a further 50MW under development. Read Full Article Here For more great articles: PV-Tech
By WPED Staff Longroad Energy, a U.S-based renewable energy developer, owner and operator, announced the financial close and start of the repowering of two wind facilities in Minnesota: Community Wind North and Jeffers Wind. The projects are located in Lincoln and Pipestone counties; the combined output of the two facilities after repowering will be 70…
By Giles Parkinson 320MW hybrid wind and solar project near Port Augusta in South Australia will begin construction in June after its new owner Iberdrola gives final approval. The post South Australia’s biggest wind solar hybrid project gets financial green light appeared first on RenewEconomy. Read Full Article Here For more great articles: Renew Economy
By Robin Lancaster EU targets €1 trillion Green Deal finance Read Full Article Here For more great articles: reNEWS – Renewable Energy News
By Kelly Pickerel Solar data expert kWh Analytics and insurance provider Swiss Re Corporate Solutions (SRCS) have announced an Agency Agreement to accelerate the growth of solar energy. The Solar Revenue Put was created by kWh Analytics to encourage the development of clean, low-cost solar energy by driving down investment risk. SRCS underwrites the product,…
By ENN Contributor Miners dump overburden at a coal mine in downstate Illinois. Photo by Mark OlaldeA southern Illinois coal company’s fight to dump mine water into a nearby river is a sign of things to come, experts say, as the industry looks to cut costs to stay afloat amid worsening market conditions.A recent report…
By Kelsey Misbrener Residential solar loan provider Loanpal announced it has expanded its partnership with Goldman Sachs to finance an additional $200 million in residential solar loans, bringing their total financing commitments to $635 million. Additionally, the partnership will now allow Loanpal to finance hundreds of new products for homeowners that make up the $200+…
By Gail Tverberg Energy Forecast for 2020Overall, I expect that oil and other commodity prices will remain low in 2020. These low oil prices will adversely affect oil production and several other parts of the economy. As a result, a strong tendency toward recession can be expected. The extent of recessionary influences will vary from…