CoPower unveils new green bond offering for Canadians

Impact tracking... CoPower’s impact tracking and reporting includes kilowatt-hours of clean energy generated, energy saved, and CO2 emissions reduced.
Longer terms… The four and six-year bonds offer returns of 4% and 5%, respectively.

OhmConnect raises $8.5 million to expand the “energy sharing” economy

1,000 tons... OhmConnect says its 300,000 participants have prevented 1,000 tons of CO2 emissions and received $4 million in energy savings payments.
Series B... The company has raised $15 million since launching in 2014, including $8.5 million from its latest Series B round.

Wunder Capital raises $112 million to scale US commercial solar financing

Debt and equity… Wunder’s $11 million Series B equity financing was led by Cyrus Capital Partners, and included Techstars Ventures. Cyrus also provided $100 million in debt to Wunder.
US solar finance... Mosaic, a California-based solar financing company that provides residential rooftop solar installations via companies selling home solar products, raised $220 million in 2016.

Redaptive raises $20 million for building energy efficiency-as-a-service

Size matters… Redaptive’s platform is designed for large property owners with millions of square feet of real estate holdings.
Energy savings… Redaptive has about $200 million in contracts in the works, which it says could save over 400 million kilowatt-hours of energy.
Real estate investor CBRE Group... led Redaptive’s $20 million funding round. ENGIE New Ventures, GXP Investments, and Linse Capital also participated.

Apple now running 100% on clean energy… sort of

What they really mean… Apple has built or bought enough renewable energy capacity to cover its total electricity usage.
Green finance… To fund new clean energy projects, Apple sold $1.5 billion worth of green bonds in 2016 and another $1 billion in 2017.

BBOXX adds crowdfunding to its financing toolkit

Retail appeal… Last month, the company quickly raised €1 million ($1.25 million) on TRINE, a Swedish crowdfunding platform.
All-of-the-above… Last October, BBOXX raised $5 million to support its Rwanda expansion plans.

CleanCapital and CarVal create $250 million partnership to buy solar farms

Acquisitive… CleanCapital has invested nearly $100 million in projects in 10 states, representing 21.6 megawatts of electricity.
Leverage… The new partnership plans to leverage its equity to acquire $1 billion in solar assets.