The residential and commercial solar energy solutions firm Sungevity has raised more than $2 million for its nonprofit partners to date, according to a recent press release from the US solar company. Under the Sungevity.org partner initiative, the solar firm provides funding to organizations that take part, proportional to the number of … [continued]
California-based solar company Sungevity has partnered with French multinational electric utility ENGIE Electrabel to offer a full suite of solar services in Belgium. According to an announcement made by Sungevity, the company will partner with ENGIE Electrabel, a subsidiary of the ENGIE Group, to provide a full suite of solar services … [continued]
Utility companies in Belgium and Switzerland are partnering with solar panel manufacturers Sungevity and Ikea to offer their customers one stop shopping for rooftop solar systems.
Given that the top 4 US rooftop solar installers are now on the stock market, it was expected that #5 Sungevity would also be joining at some point — well, it has been expected longer than some of those companies have been on the stock market. Sungevity just released news that it is … [continued]
Originally published on EV Obsession. Context & commentary: If you are an electric car driver, you have to know PlugShare. It is clearly the leading way to find charging stations in countries across the world. Sungevity, meanwhile, is one of the top solar installers in California and the United States as … [continued]
Originally published on the ECOreport. There have been some highly successful joint promotions of solar and electric vehicles. According to the Southwest Energy Efficiency Project (SWEEP), 72% of EV purchases in a Colorado campaign were made by people who had not previously intended to buy, and about 15% also bought … [continued]
Remco van der Horst, COO of renewable energy crowdinvesting company Duurzaaminvesteren and founder of consultancy Greenproc, was one of the key people who organized meetings for me during my cleantech tour of the Netherlands last year. Ironically, because my on-camera chat with him and Christiaan van Nispen of energy giant … [continued]
Originally published on Sustainnovate. The value of solar energy securitization deals completed so far this year already eclipses the total for all of the deals completed in 2015 combined ($234 million), according to a new study from Marathon Capital. The $235 million worth of deals completed so far this year … [continued]
Originally published on the ECOreport. In the fall of 2014, Patagonia partnered with Kina‘ole Capital Partners, LLC to finance 1,000 solar energy systems in Hawaii. Homeowners were given the opportunity to lease systems for less than their current energy costs. The venture was successful, and now they are part of an all B Corp Consortium … [continued]
Originally published on Solar Love. According to a report from Mercom Capital Group, the amount of global corporate funding in the solar sector in 2015 was $25.3 billion. This figure was down slightly from $26.5 billion in 2014. Some of funding sources were: debt financing, public market financing, yieldcos, and venture … [continued]
