‘Important market development’: Energy storage included in Australian climate bonds
A green bond has been issued in Australia that will give people the chance to invest in energy storage for the first time.
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Editor's blog
Five things we learned from Energy Storage Summit 2019
Topics previously off-limits due to commercial sensitivity or just a lack of experience from the field, were explored in depth at this year's Energy Storage Summit in London.
ABB accesses SUSI’s €100m Energy Storage Fund following Ability power suite launch
A €100 million (US$114.44 million) fund will be used to develop and deploy microgrid and energy storage projects by engineering and automation firm ABB, which has recently launched a new line of solutions in those areas.
Peer-to-peer lending group puts in AU$100m funding for South Australia home battery scheme
An extra AU$100 million (US$70.76 million) of funding could be put into a rebate scheme for households buying energy storage systems in South Australia, after a peer-to-peer lending group stepped in.
Ontario’s GAC policy inspires another 42MWh of C&I energy storage
Currently attracting developers and investment alike, the opportunity to reduce energy costs for businesses in Ontario has led to an agreement for another 42MWh of energy storage from project developer NRStor and solutions provider IHI Inc.
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Interviews
Jigar Shah: On green money and the freedom to invest, Part 2.
We continue with the second part of our feature interview with clean energy entrepreneur and financier Jigar Shah of Generate Capital. We've just left off discussing the risk profile of various investors and how the industry is gradually drawing attention from more traditional sources of capital, from the early adopter-venture capital mentality we have seen to date.
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Jigar Shah: On green money and the freedom to invest
SunEdison founder and solar financing pioneer Jigar Shah talked to Andy Colthorpe about having the 'freedom to invest' for the biggest impact and why, with traditional lenders still reluctant to finance energy storage, there will always be space for frontrunners who are able to properly understand the value propositions of new and innovative sustainable technologies.
Swiss investor SUSI puts US$95 million into Canada’s C&I energy storage market
Swiss institutional investment group SUSI Partners has agreed to finance C$120 million (US$94.56 million) of commercial and industrial (C&I) sector energy storage projects by Canadian project developer/owner NRStor.
Mercom: Flow batteries lead charge for VC cash in Q1 2017
Flow battery maker Primus Power was leader of the charts in VC funding in the first quarter of 2017, securing US$32 million from a range of investors, according to Mercom Capital’s latest report.
Swiss energy storage fund solicits €66 million from institutional investors
A Swiss fund aimed at encouraging institutional investors to get on board with energy storage has reached its first closing at €66 million (US$70.4 million).