A New $900 Million Investment Catapults Michigan Into Solar Industry Spotlight
Corning’s Hemlock polysilicon venture in Michigan is getting a new $900 million neighbor to beef up the state’s solar industry.
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Texas Is Going To Send Lots Of Solar Modules All Over The USA
A gigantic new solar module factory is just the tip of the renewable energy revolution taking place in Texas.
Green Hydrogen Fans Say Damn The Blue H2, Full Speed Ahead
New automation technology gives an edge to green hydrogen as blue hydrogen stakeholders struggle to make their case.
Impact Investing With COIN: What’s Really Impactful About This Investing?
COIN offers a digital impact investing platform that allows investors to put their money into sustainable and social Impact Areas, and promises to make Impact Investing easier for everyone. However, when I dug in deeper, I wondered where exactly the impact was in my investment.
Carbon Clean 200: The Companies Leading us to a Clean Energy Future
As You Sow and Corporate Knights released today its sixth update of the Carbon Clean 200™, a list of the 200 publicly traded companies that are leading the way among their global peers to a clean energy future.
Coal & Gas Are Too Variable To Be Worth Considering
Solar and wind power are absolutely predictable when it comes to variable costs. By contrast, coal and gas power are altogether too variable to be reliable.
UNEP: Green Investment Up 17%, 103 GW Added In 2014
This morning the United Nations Environment Program released its 9th annual report on Global Trends in Renewable Energy Investment. The news is very good: 2014 was the best year ever for newly installed renewable capacity. The Frankfurt School–UNEP Collaborating Centre and Bloomberg New Energy Finance prepared the report. In spite of the 50+% collapse in … [continued]
Transition To A Green Economy In Africa
Responding to a strong perceived demand from governments for current information about a green economy Africa, the United Nations Environment Program reported Thursday from Nairobi on the power of green investments in the nations of Africa. Says one international expert in green economics, “The list of successful examples of green investments … [continued]
Green Transition Scoreboard Finds $3.3 Trillion Invested in Green Transition Since 2007
The Green Transition Scoreboard, a time-based, global tracking of the private financial system for all sectors investing in green markets, has found that private investments in green markets (or “the green transition”) have totaled $3.3 trillion since 2007. “As investment funds shift away from more speculative sectors such as … [continued]
Investing in the Planet: 3 Top Green Stocks
With the spotlight on environmental issues, many investors have been looking into green stocks. Green stocks are businesses involved in sustainable, environmentally-friendly practices, ranging from production of solar panels and hybrid/electric vehicle parts to tech-related pursuits such as IP trunking and designing energy-efficient data centers. Any significant effort to reduce … [continued]
