Green Infrastructure
Clean Energy | February 24, 2021
Postal Service misses an opportunity to modernize fleet with electric vehicles
ImpactAlpha, Feb. 24 – A contract to upgrade the U.S. postal agency’s 165,000 delivery trucks runs counter to the Biden administration’s effort to …
2030 Finance | February 24, 2021
Ikea-backed foundation invests in fossil fuel-free equities and green steel
ImpactAlpha, February 24 – The IMAS Foundation, launched by Ikea’s founder, is committing €250 million to a fossil fuel-free public equities fund developed by …
Clean Energy | February 18, 2021
Building a smart and resilient grid moves up the to-do list after Texas power failures
ImpactAlpha, Feb. 18 – The claim that frozen wind turbines caused Texas’ harrowing power outages turned out to be all hat, no cattle. …
Mark Carney and Jeffrey Ubben
Clean Energy | February 16, 2021
Mark Carney and Jeffrey Ubben take aim at net-zero opportunities with multi-billion dollar fund raises
ImpactAlpha, Feb. 16 – Two blockbuster funds are targeting the “greatest commercial opportunity of our age,” as Mark Carney, former Bank of England …
Clean Energy | February 3, 2021
Amazon’s Climate Pledge Fund backs Infinium to produce net-zero ‘electrofuels’
ImpactAlpha, February 3 — Sacramento-based Infinium makes ‘green hydrogen’ from renewable electricity, combines it with waste carbon dioxide and produces fuel with net-zero …
2030 Finance | February 1, 2021
Intersect power raises $600 million to expand utility-scale solar in the U.S.
ImpactAlpha, February 1 – Solar power is the fastest-growing energy sector in the U.S. San Francisco-based Intersect Power has developed 1.7 gigawatts of solar …
Clean Energy | January 28, 2021
Say it again: climate action means job creation
ImpactAlpha, Jan. 28 – President Biden marked his first week in office with 30 executive orders aimed at tackling the climate emergency. “Today …
Clean Energy | January 28, 2021
Rise Fund’s renewables group acquires Chilean solar energy portfolio
ImpactAlpha, January 28 — The Rise Fund’s solar investment arm, Matrix Renewables, is buying up a 154-megawatt solar portfolio from Santiago-based Verano Capital. The …
Conservation | January 26, 2021
Accelerating climate emergency spurs innovative financing for adaptation
ImpactAlpha, Jan. 26 – Investments aimed at mitigating greenhouse gas emissions have long overshadowed financing for efforts to help communities adapt to climate …
Dealflow | January 19, 2021
Renewable Resources Group and Capricorn Investment Group float a SPAC
ImpactAlpha, January 19 – Investment firms Renewable Resources Group and Capricorn Investment Group have launched Sustainable Development Acquisition I Corp. The special purpose acquisition …
Clean Energy | December 18, 2020
Institutional Shift: The Great Burp Forward and other trends to watch in 2021
ImpactAlpha, December 18, 2020 – As it’s fit and proper to take stock of last year’s predictions before venturing new ones, we looked back …
Community Finance | December 17, 2020
EV infrastructure startup OBE Power raises $300,000 in Opportunity Zone funding
ImpactAlpha, December 17 — Lack of charging infrastructure is one of the biggest inhibitors to electric vehicle adoption in the U.S. Miami-based OBE …
Dealflow | December 7, 2020
City of Hampton issues environmental impact bond
ImpactAlpha, December 7 — Environmental impact bonds reward investors for backing green infrastructure projects that achieve positive environmental outcomes (see, “Atlanta raises $14 …
Clean Energy | December 3, 2020
Financing for climate action is not catching up to the climate emergency
ImpactAlpha, Dec. 3 – The pace of climate change is accelerating: new records were set in 2020 for land and sea temperatures, Arctic …
Clean Energy | December 1, 2020
Third Derivative aims to accelerate climate tech
ImpactAlpha, Dec. 1 – In calculus, the third derivative is the rate of change of the rate of change, or to put it another …