Policy

Companies, Countries Boost Their Clean Tech Spending Pledges

June 17, 2016

Government officials and clean tech companies came together in San Francisco earlier this month to discuss the next steps to meet the ambitious goals laid out at COP21 in December....

China Update: Cities Transform Sludge into Clean Energy

June 17, 2016

A growing number of Chinese cities are turning wastewater sludge into clean energy, according to an in-depth new report. In our regular look at some of what's going on in the Chinese...

Hawaii’s 100% Clean Energy Push Drives New Solar Plus Storage Projects

May 17, 2016

Since adopting one of the most aggressive clean energy policies in the country, Hawaii has attracted developers of new clean energy and smart city projects, including: Hitachi, Sunverge...

Roundup: Google’s Alphabet Looks To Erect Smart Cities

May 17, 2016

Caterpillar launches microgrid service; ExxonMobil invests in fuel cells, carbon capture; Supermarkets create energy from food waste; 1366 Technologies raises $10M; L.A. mandates water...

California Makes Moves Toward Zero-Emissions Shipping Industry & Cleaner Fleets

May 13, 2016

The state's new Sustainable Freight Action Plan calls for 100,000 zero or near-zero emissions trucks, trains and ships by 2030. Meanwhile, a separate $40 million venture will see 43...

Earth Day Paris Agreement Signing Bolstered by Strong Commitments from Major Corporates, Institutional Investors and China

April 29, 2016

The global commitments made during the UN’s Cop21 Paris Agreement signing ceremony last week sent strong signals to the business community that it's time to take action on sustainability,...

Making the Business Case For Early Stage CleanTech Investment, Deployment

April 9, 2016

Early stage cleantech developers face pitfalls that doom many nascent products from becoming commercially viable, driving the development of new financing and partnership models. Speakers...

China Makes Unprecedented Commitment to CleanTech Investment

March 15, 2016

China committed to keep energy consumption within 5 billion tonnes of standard coal equivalent by 2020, according to a draft of its new five-year plan, and will invest $440B annually...

News Roundup: JP Morgan Dumps Coal Financing

March 15, 2016

Favorable economics drive large companies’ clean energy push; DOE's ARPA-E reaches "holy grails in batteries"; U.S. and Canada take unified stance to tackle climate change; South...

The Paris Agreement: What it Means for Climate Finance

February 29, 2016

Experts from Goldman Sachs, RBC, Sindicatum and more share their thoughts and insights about what the historic climate change agreement will mean for clean tech and finance. Optimism...