Clean Energy
Catalytic Capital | November 24, 2020
CrossBoundary Energy’s fund exit is a proof point for Africa’s commercial solar market – and catalytic capital
ImpactAlpha, Nov. 24 – An African solar energy fund that only five years ago appeared too risky even for impact investors has delivered, …
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SDGs | November 24, 2020
Lion’s Head backs Bboxx to expand off-grid energy access in the DRC
ImpactAlpha, November 24 – Bboxx has been installing smart, off-grid solar systems in greatly underserved markets like the Democratic Republic of the Congo …
Dealflow | November 16, 2020
Envoy secures $11 million to boost access to electric vehicles
ImpactAlpha, November 16 — For California to become carbon neutral by 2045, 76% of cars on the road will need to be electric. …
2030 Finance | November 12, 2020
Expected U.S. reset on climate action is a green light for allies and investors
ImpactAlpha, Nov. 12 – The 30th storm in a record-breaking hurricane season formed in the Caribbean. The U.S. Federal Reserve recognized climate change …
2030 Finance | November 11, 2020
North Sky Capital backs a California waste-to-fuel plant – in an Opportunity Zone
ImpactAlpha, November 11 – Sustainable infrastructure investor North Sky Capital is financing the development of a commercial-scale anaerobic digester to produce biogas from …
2030 Finance | November 5, 2020
U.S. voters, local leaders and investors to Paris climate agreement: We’ll be back
ImpactAlpha. Nov. 5 – Voters want climate action. So do investors. Joe Biden has a $2 trillion plan to put it in motion. …
2030 Finance | November 4, 2020
As politicians dither, a consumer lender bridges the chasms in the social safety net
ImpactAlpha, Nov. 4 – The expiration of federal COVID relief funding in the U.S. showed up almost immediately in the loan portfolio of …
2030 Finance | November 3, 2020
Norway’s Statkraft to buy solar power developer Solarcentury
ImpactAlpha, November 3 – Statkraft is paying $151.34 million to acquire U.K.-based Solarcentury. Solarcentury has developed 1.3-gigawatts of installed solar power since 1998 …
Clean Energy | October 27, 2020
Economics trump politics as the smart money bets big on clean electrification
ImpactAlpha, Oct. 27 – Joe Biden need not be defensive about his accidentally honest statement at last week’s debate, “I would transition from …
Africa | October 19, 2020
Call No. 24: Agents of Impact converge on financing solutions to ‘light every clinic’
The people and principles needed to solve the challenges of financing solar power for frontline health clinics were represented on ImpactAlpha’s Agents of …
2030 Finance | October 16, 2020
Let’s plot an energy scenario ambitious enough for the climate emergency
ImpactAlpha, Oct. 16 – The International Energy Agency’s annual ‘gold standard’ World Energy Outlook, used by policymakers, investors and business leaders, was published …
Clean Energy | October 15, 2020
Investors see a ‘blue wave’ of growth opportunities in sustainability and inclusion
ImpactAlpha, Oct. 15 – “Pro-business” really does have a new meaning. Just a few weeks ago, U.S. investors were said to be fretting about …
2030 Finance | October 14, 2020
Clean Energy Ventures backs SunDensity to increase the efficiency of solar panel
ImpactAlpha, October 14 – Solar is “some of the lowest cost electricity ever seen,” according to the International Energy Agency. While costs have …
Clean Energy | October 13, 2020
Four scenarios for the energy transition in the age of COVID
ImpactAlpha, Oct. 14 – The COVID pandemic “has caused more disruption to the energy sector than any other event in recent history,” opens …
2030 Finance | October 13, 2020
Rockstart raises €21 million to back energy startups in Europe
ImpactAlpha, October 13 – Rockstart, an Amsterdam-based impact accelerator, has added a venture capital arm to support Europe’s early-stage energy companies with co-investments of …