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,...

New Technology on Display as ARPA-E Preps for Funding Surge

April 11, 2016

We take a look at some of the new technologies displayed at last month's ARPA-E Innovation Summit, as well as funding initiatives over the past year and some of the numerous companies...

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...

Giving Your Building a Brain: Enlighted Brings Energy Efficiency And More

March 31, 2016

Enlighted has just raised $25M as it looks to expand its "energy savings as a service" model, which allows clients to get the company's energy sensors - and the software to help make...

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...

Patagonia To Bring Solar To Local Homes

March 15, 2016

Patagonia is expanding its brand as an environmental steward with a new fund to help install solar panels on 1,500 residential homes in eight states. This follows several strategic...

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...

Norwegian Oil Company Launches $200M VC Fund for Cleantech Investments

March 15, 2016

Statoil's new fund just invested $3 million into a New York wind company and plans dozens more in sectors like solar, energy storage, and transportation. The Norwegian oil company's...

1955 Capital’s Andrew Chung on Top Clean Tech Opportunities in China

March 1, 2016

Andrew Chung’s quest to become global matchmaker for sustainability got a big boost recently with his firm’s initial close of $200 million in anchor commitments. Chung reveals...

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...