It’s corporate annual meeting time again. Last year marked the start of some corporate responsibility and pro-renewable action in oil and gas company stockholder gatherings. This spring, green shareholders of ExxonMobil, arguably the most contrary of the petro-giants, have just won a victory for clean energy and transparency in the … [continued]
Kyle and Matthew decided to sneak around behind my back and do a Cleantech Talk episode without me recently… (no, actually, I was just off in India presenting at an institutional investment conference at the time). Incidentally, this episode focused on an investing option (green bonds for retail investors), as … [continued]
Originally published on Sustainnovate. The Indian Ministry of Finance increased the tax on coal yet again and also expanded the scope of use of resulting revenue to finance environmental projects as well. In the annual budget for financial year 2016-17, Arun Jaitley, the Indian Finance Ministerannounced that the clean energy … [continued]
Originally published on RenewEconomy. By Sophie Vorrath South Korean lithium-ion battery maker LG Chem has announced plans to expand its presence in the Australian residential solar and battery storage market, following “exponential” growth over the past six months, and chasing even greater growth in what it says could be a … [continued]
Originally published on RenewEconomy. An Australian Tax Office ruling has provided a major boost to the economics of electric vehicles in Australia, just as enthusiasts prepare to queue up to register interest to buy the first mass-market electric vehicle to be offered in serious volume in this country. The ATO … [continued]
ReNew Power Ventures, one of India’s rapidly growing independent renewable power producers, is in the midst of another financial deal that will give it access to much needed funding to fuel its capacity addition. ReNew Power Ventures, founded in 2011, recently announced that it signed an agreement with the Overseas … [continued]
Researchers have teased energy storage blossoms out from graphene-metal oxide wallflowers, for better EV batteries and other clean tech applications.
News that SunEdison is in talks with holders of its second-lien loans to fund a debtor-in-possession financing facility has spooked investors, causing the company’s shares to tank 25% by days’ end. We have already covered news of SunEdison’s dramatic downward trend over the past 9 months, which has culminated in … [continued]
We’ve got several notable updates regarding CLEANTECH REVOLUTION TOUR → BERLIN to share with you. First of all, we now have: → a Facebook event page (share with friends!) → an event webpage (which we’ll continuously update) → an eventbrite page for registering (again, go register, and share with friends!) … and a confirmed location (C13events) in … [continued]
Originally published on RMI Outlet. By Paolo Natali, Ph.D., Luke Marriott, and Scott Shander In November 2015, more than 140 participants in the corporate renewable energy market gathered in New York City. They came together under the banner of RMI’s Business Renewables Center (BRC), a member-based platform that accelerates corporate … [continued]
