Cities Get Smarter with Corporate & Startup Partnerships
Large companies including Google, Microsoft and IBM are helping cities achieve their sustainability goals. Cities are now key drivers of new clean tech projects as they strive to become...
Inst’l Investor Appetite for Clean Tech, Impact Investing Grows
Big institutional investors and foundations are stepping up their commitments to sustainable investing and clean tech, creating new sources of capital for startups, developers and...
Distributed Energy Storage Attracts Funding from Major Infrastructure Investors
Distributed energy storage has reached its deployment phase, with leading developers Stem Inc. and Advanced Microgrid Solutions (AMS) having recently raised a total of $300M of project...
Greensmith Energy Gains Utility-Scale Energy Storage Traction, Enters C&I Market
Greensmith Energy announced new grid-tied energy storage projects with AltaGas and E.ON, which invested in its Series C round, and is on track to install over 100MW of energy storage...
Tax Credits, Storage, Community Solar and More Push Green Financing in 2016
CleanTechIQ attended the REFF- Wall Street conference in late June, where we learned about early stage project financing opportunities and the key technologies attracting interest...
Corporate Actions Spark Financing for Renewable Energy
As more corporations purchase renewable energy, especially solar and wind, financiers are responding with more and more funding for such projects. It's a virtuous cycle that looks...
Battery Makers Look Down Under as Test Market
Tesla, Panasonic, Sunverge Energy and other energy companies are looking at Australia as a test market for battery storage.
Duke Energy, China, Others Turning Waste into Energy
Duke Energy is doing it. So is the Chinese megacity of Shenzhen, India's capital Delhi and a Canadian paper company. We take a look at the various entities that are turning waste --...
IPOs, Funding Rounds and More: Dong Energy Floats Europe’s Biggest IPO of 2016
We take a look at the latest funding deals, equity offerings and bond issuances from around the world including: Axine Water's fundraising plans, Westpac's $360M green bond, Axis Bank's...
China Update: Cities Transform Sludge into Clean Energy
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...