Wunder finances small and midsize business’ solar energy projects (from about $100k to $5M), which community and traditional banking institutions avoid because of the complexity. Not only is this moving the needle when it comes to the commercial solar market, it’s proving to be a very successful model, and it has seen huge growth and impact over the past year.
If you’re looking to invest in your financial and our planetary future, there are more options than ever before for impact investing. One of the more exciting and widely discussed opportunities for sustainable investment is in solar. Learn why solar is such a promising investment opportunity, and how you can drive solar investment forward.
Atmocean’s wave energy systems generates fresh water that can be used to cultivate desert or barren shoreline regions with a simple and flexible system, and they are conducting an equity crowdfunding campaign to raise money needed to deploy a full-scale pilot system in Ilo, Peru.
Originally published on EnergyPost.eu. By Peter F Varadi The invention of the YieldCo is a gamechanger that will enable spectacular growth of solar PV, writes solar pioneer Peter F. Varadi. According to Varadi, the PV YieldCo offers significant advantages over investments in fossil fuel power: no fuel supply is needed, … [continued]
The UK’s National Trust announced earlier this week that it intends to make its biggest investment into renewable energy yet, a £30 million investment set to heat and power numerous historic landmarks under the National Trust’s control. The UK conservation charity was developed to protect historic locations and green spaces around … [continued]
By Philip Killeen Building off nearly 10 months of extensive public and private sector consultation, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi began in April to green-light initial projects under the country’s Smart Cities Initiative (SCI). The SCI benchmarks, formulated in response to rapid urban population growth, aim to modernize environmentally sustainable transport, … [continued]
The independent panel of energy and finance experts behind Finance for Resilience have presented eight new proposals that they believe could have the potential to increase global investment in clean energy. Run alongside the Bloomberg New Energy Finance Summit, Finance for Resilience (FiRe) is a non-profit aiming to identify “promising … [continued]
A new report published by the United Nations Environmental Programme, the third progress report from their Inquiry into the Design of a Sustainable Financial System, highlights several potential and critical innovations which could help close the widening sustainable development investment gap. The report, Pathways to Scale, draws on work across … [continued]
Speaking at the second week of the UN’s COP20 summit in Lima, Peru begins, Professor Lord Nicholas Stern advises conference parties not to insist that the Paris 2015 agreement be a legally binding international treaty. Nick Stern, a respected economist in the world of climate change, is president of the British … [continued]
If you think MyPower is awesome, you are in for a bigger treat. SolarCity, which is currently the largest provider of solar power systems in the United States (more than 1 in every 3 new systems), has opened the gates to the public to generate clean money through its solar bonds. SolarCity would be issuing $200 … [continued]
