Venture fund ETV launches to back energy transition tech start-ups
Energy Transition Ventures (ETV) has launched as the first venture fund in Texas exclusively dedicated to investing in energy transition technologies. Founded in the world’s energy capital by...
View ArticleSafari Energy expands its options to fund, acquire, own, operate solar projects
Safari Energy is launching a new flexible financial solution for solar developers and installers. Through the acquisition of solar projects, Safari Energy partners with solar developers to provide...
View ArticleSolaria beefs up executive team with new COO, CCO appointments
Solaria Corp., a global provider of solar panels for the premium residential and commercial markets, appointed Bang Nguyen as Chief Operating Officer and Balaji Thirumalai as Chief Commercial Officer....
View ArticleStandard Solar continues to grow, adds SVP of structured finance
Amid solar industry uncertainty, Standard Solar Inc. is still growing and investing in its future, announcing today that Peter Coleman has joined the company as Senior Vice President, Structured...
View ArticleSolaria adds two big names to its executive team
Solaria Corp., global provider of premium solar energy products, announced the appointment of Tony Alvarez, a veteran of the semiconductor and solar industries, to the role of Chief Executive Officer,...
View ArticleQuinbrook launches new solar development arm, Primergy Solar
Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners, a specialist investor in renewable energy infrastructure, launched Primergy Solar this week, a new portfolio company that will focus on acquiring, developing and...
View ArticleWith COVID-19, what are the best countries today for sourcing solar modules?
I was talking with a friend in the solar industry last week. He asked, “Given the situation with the coronavirus, where in the world can you secure quality solar modules now?” My answer: Geography...
View ArticleSinglePoint to acquire solar lead generator EnergyWyze
SinglePoint Inc. is looking to acquire EnergyWyze LLC, a firm focused on customer-centric lead generation in the solar energy industry. Under the terms of the letter of intent, SinglePoint will...
View ArticleHow aerial imaging improves solar energy deployment
Three years ago, I was on site during construction of a solar energy system when a subcontractor found that he couldn’t move his equipment because electrical trenching had blocked the main egress into...
View ArticleGreenbacker invests in Sunrock DG to boost C&I solar financing efforts
Through its Development Opportunities Fund I, Greenbacker invested in Sunrock Distributed Generation, a financing and asset aggregation platform for commercial and industrial (C&I) solar and...
View ArticleSunEdison files for bankruptcy, solar industry comments
SunEdison, Inc. announced that it has “commenced a process to restructure its balance sheet and position the company for the future.” Translation is the company has filed for chapter 11 — a move that...
View ArticleSHAREHOLDER ALERT: Pomerantz Law Firm Reminds Shareholders With losses on...
NEW YORK, June 24, 2016 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Pomerantz LLP announces that a class action lawsuit has been filed on behalf of Vivint Solar, Inc. shareholders (“Vivint” or the “Company”) (NYSE:VSLR)...
View ArticleTop 6 solar projects and transactions of the week (Sept. 26 – Sept. 30)
Pacific Ethanol 5-MW System – largest net-meter project in PG&E territory, largest PACE transaction Pacific Ethanol, a leading producer and marketer of low-carbon renewable fuels in the United...
View ArticleMercom: Solar corporate funding hits $3 billion in Q3 2016
Mercom Capital Group LLC, a global clean energy communications and consulting firm, released its report on funding and merger and acquisition (M&A) activity for the solar sector in the third...
View ArticleDetails on Crius Solar’s three-state licensing, acquisition of SunEdison assets
Crius Solar LLC is ready to expand its base of operations, starting with securing three new licenses: the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Connecticut and New Jersey. The licenses affirm Crius Solar’s...
View ArticleComplete breakdown of solar corporate funding, top transactions from 2016
While the rest of us were reading comic books and drinking Christmas Ale to end 2016 (just us?) the people at Mercom were busy tallying up the investor interest and key transactions in the solar...
View ArticleGridtential energy storage: New CEO, new vision for 48-volt battery in solar...
You may not have heard of Gridtential yet, but you will soon because the company’s new executives have plans for the solar plus storage market. New leadership Those new execs are: New CEO John Barton,...
View ArticleOmnidian adds even more solar industry veterans to build out solar-ownership...
To respond to shifting customer expectations – both from asset owners and individual homeowners – Omnidian has hired solar operations and maintenance expert Cedric Brehaut as vice president of...
View ArticleSolar coaster news roundup: SolarCity layoffs, SunPower exits utility-scale,...
The solar installer base has strengthened across the country, but the largest companies still loom largest. When they sneeze, the industry catches a cold. Here are some of the latest comings and...
View ArticleJigar Shah, Bernadette Del Chiaro to keynote Aurora’s Empower event
Aurora Solar announced that Jigar Shah and Bernadette Del Chiaro will be the keynote speakers for the solar software vendor’s fourth annual Empower event. Shah and Del Chiaro will share how the solar...
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