Clean Power Finance Expands Residential Solar Financing Products to New Markets

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SAN FRANCISCO,-Clean Power Finance, the online marketplace for residential solar financing and sales software, today announced the availability of its residential solar finance products in the states of Colorado, Massachusetts and New Jersey. Initially only available in California, the solar leases and power purchase agreements (PPAs) Clean Power Finance manages and markets are now accessible [...]

SEP and SSE Join Forces to Establish New £95 Million Green Energy Fund

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Scottish Equity Partners (SEP) has raised a new £95 million fund to invest in innovative green energy businesses in a deal involving the acquisition of a portfolio of clean energy assets from SSE Ventures, the investment arm of FTSE 100 utilities company SSE plc. SEP raised the new secondaries fund from four institutional investors, headed [...]

Equity Financing Complete for 53.5 MW Multi-Site Solar Project in New Mexico

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Wells Fargo & Company announced this week that equity financing is complete for a 53.5 megawatt (MW) multi-site solar project in New Mexico. The 53.5MW solar project, one of largest photovoltaic solar power projects in the U.S., was fully activated in December. The multi-site solar project was made possible through a power purchase agreement between [...]

Trillionth Dollar of Investment in Renewable Energy, Energy Efficiency and Smart Energy Technologies

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Bloomberg New Energy Finance has recorded the trillionth dollar of investment in renewable energy, energy efficiency and smart energy technologies since its records started in 2004. The milestone was passed as negotiators and world leaders gathered in Durban for the latest round in the stalled international climate negotiations. 2004 was an important year in the [...]

Three New Financial Indices to Help Clean Energy Investors

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Indices for Americas, Europe/Middle East/Africa and Asia/Oceania, and then for sub-sectors such as solar and wind, will offer fresh insight for investors and ETF providers NYSE Euronext in partnership with research company Bloomberg New Energy Finance have announced that they will launch three regionally-focused clean energy stock indices, enabling the quoted companies most active in [...]

Ernst & Young LLP Expands Its Americas Climate Change and Sustainability Services Team

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Additions signify growing attention on sustainability services for firm and industry Ernst & Young LLP announced today the appointment of Brendan LeBlanc as an Executive Director in Americas Climate Change and Sustainability Services (CCaSS) and Chris Walker as an Associate Director. Based in the firm’s Boston and New York offices, LeBlanc and Walker bring valuable [...]

Solar Powered Lighting Company Approved to Trade its Stock

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Ciralight Global Inc. today announced that it received approval from FINRA granting the company the trading symbol of “CGHA” and approval to have common stock quoted on the OTC Bulletin Board. In the next few days, their initial market maker, Wilson-Davis & Co., Inc. will begin entering bid and asked quotations for the common stock [...]

Solar Incentives by State: Arkansas

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It seems that the state who’s motto was once “the land of opportunity” (until 1995 when it changed it to “the natural state)” offers little opportunity to defer the cost of installing solar systems in your home or business.  The state of Arkansas does not offer any tax credits, loans or grants for the installation [...]

Support Established for over $50 Million of New U.S. Residential Solar Lease Projects

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Sungevity, Inc., recognized as a national leader in solar innovation and customer satisfaction, and Rabobank, a global leader in financial services and renewable energy finance, has announced the establishment of a residential solar fund that will support over $50 million of new U.S. residential solar lease projects. The fund marks an important milestone both for Sungevity, [...]

Open Market Financing to Finance Energy Efficiency, Create Jobs and Improve the Environment

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The Clinton Climate Change Initiative has announced its endorsement of open-market financing of energy conservation enhancements for business and homeowners. Although attention has centered on San Francisco and Los Angeles, they aren’t the only ones involved. The tiny Town of Lantana, Florida, was among the first in the nation to launch a commercial energy financing [...]

Solar Incentives by State: Arizona

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Arizona maintains one of the highest average daily solar radiation amounts in the United States, so we were hoping that this would be the first state in our series to provide solar incentives and we were not disappointed.  Unlike the previous “A” states, Arizona offered several state-wide incentives in addition to local and utility based [...]

Solar Incentives by State: Alaska

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This week Alaska is the subject of our series reviewing renewable energy incentives, solar in particular, offered by each state.  Alabama had set the bar pretty low, but Alaska still managed to duck under it. Oil, natural gas and hydroelectric provide the majority of power to the electric grid in Alaska.  But only the more [...]

Solar Incentives by State: This Week Alabama!

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This is the first article in a series that we will be doing each Wednesday highlighting the incentive programs currently available in each state.  We decided the best way to go about it would be on an alphabetical basis, so we are starting today with the state of Alabama.  Interestingly enough, Alabama does not have an official [...]

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