Markets & Policy

Munich Re’s survey finds that Americans accept that Climate Change is occurring and support renewable energy, but are more concerned about political and economic instability.

Yesterday Sun-Edison cofounder and energy futurist added another title to his portfolio: cofounder of Generate Capital. The startup is looking to fund the deployment of a range of technologies that have resource efficiency at their core. Can he do the same for storage, solar thermal and power to gas as he did for PV through the solar lease? pv magazine asked the cleantech entrepreneur himself.

Municipal utility Salt River Project has proposed changes to its rates for customers who install rooftop solar, which advocates say will destroy the solar industry in its service territory.

As global oil prices hit a five-year low, the fossil fuel industry is facing a gathering storm that could spell great news for the solar power industry.

The Hong Kong-based investment company is to collaborate with Chinese EPC Wuxi Liansheng on the development of the distributed solar projects.

The African Development Bank (ADB) has approved loans totaling nearly $250m for phase II of the Ouarzazate CSP solar complex project in Morocco.

The ethical direct investment platform announces launch of U.K.’s first shared ownership platform that links renewable energy developers with communities.

One out of every five Australian households are turning to solar energy for their electricity or hot water, new data has revealed.

A $4.3 billion deal has been announced today that will see NextEra and Hawaiian Electric Industries merge. NextEra will pay $2.6 billion for the Hawaiian utility, and assume $1.7 billion of the utility’s debt.

Generate Capital, co-founded by Jigar Shah and a host of renewable energy industry veterans, pioneers infrastructure-as-a-service model.