Strategic Investors

Electric Vehicles Pick Up Steam, Driven by Gov'ts and Car Makers

September 29, 2017

Automakers are developing more EVs as companies race to build out a charging infrastructure amid government plans to discourage or entirely eliminate the sale of fossil fuel-burning...

China Roundup: China Turns to Drones for Pollution Monitoring, Farming

September 8, 2017

China Tech Giant Tencent Invests Heavily in US Cleantech; New Incubator for Sustainability, Energy Efficiency Formed in Singapore; Renewable Energy Gets Huge Boost from China's Belt-and-Road...

Top Investment Themes for Sustainable Infrastructure Financiers

January 24, 2017

CleanTechIQ has been speaking to bankers, investors, project developers and other experts to learn exactly where that money is going to go this year, and what type of distributed,...

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...

CBRE Exec on Green Buildings: Financing, New Technologies, and New Trends

November 2, 2015

Buildings are becoming ever more efficient, due in part to advances in technology and to more stringent regulations, says Peter Scarpelli, CBRE's global director for energy and sustainability....

Roundup: Lithium-Air Battery Breakthrough, Cambridge Univ. Says

November 3, 2015

81 corporations signed the "American Business Act on Climate Pledge"; Toyota, Honda bet on hydrogen-powered cars; DuPont builds world's biggest cellulosic ethanol plant using corn...

GE Creates $1B Subsidiary Focused on Energy Efficiency

October 20, 2015

GE is combining several of its renewable energy, energy storage and energy efficiency-related business lines under one roof, forming a new unit called Current that springs into being...

VC Firm Emerald Technology Looking at Energy Storage, Microgrids

May 13, 2015

The firm’s managing partner Gina Domanig discusses investing in microgrids, energy storage, sensors, and data. And with energy storage investment growing by 40%, we reveal where...

Resource Productivity Innovation is the "Next Industrial Revolution”

April 3, 2015

We’ve captured the most important investment themes in corporate sustainability from twelve major corporations and investors, including: 3M, BASF, Monsanto, Thermo Fisher Scientific,...

What’s Hot in 2015? Energy Entrepreneurs Sound Off

February 9, 2015  |  1 Comment

Distributed energy storage is “where the innovation is” and corporate VCs are the best source of capital for game changing energy technologies, says a Columbia U. panel.