CSRwire Talkback: Renewable Energy: Profiting from Fossil Fuels’ Woes

Jay OwenGreen Prosperity, Resource Efficiency

By Rosalinda Sanquiche, co-author, Green Transition Scoreboard® Report Over $2 trillion has been privately invested globally since 2007 inrenewable energy, the highest sector monitored by the Green Transition Scoreboard®. While reduced cost and greater efficiencies are a large part of the story, renewable energy is benefiting also from changing attitudes toward …

Green Futures: The Rise of Indoor Cropping

Jay OwenGreentech

The Rise of Indoor Cropping   By Tess Riley  It’s commonly accepted that record food prices were one of the key triggers for the Arab Spring. This year in Zimbabwe, critical levels of crop failure put over two million people at risk of chronic malnutrition. Even a prosperous state like Singapore, …

Climate Bonds has posted a new item, ‘AfDB’s long-awaited AAA $500m inaugural green bond is sold out’

Jay OwenSRI/ESG News

Climate Bonds has posted a new item, ‘AfDB’s long-awaited AAA $500m inaugural green bond is sold out‘ The African Development Bank (AfDB) has just issued the 3 year, USD500 million green bond they flagged over Summer; the deal closed yesterday at 14:30 London time. The bond 10% over-subscribed by the close of the half-day …

NewNet Daily October 11th

Jay OwenSRI/ESG News, Resource Efficiency

Essential industry insights: cleantech, renewables, sustainability 9 October Today’s Top Stories Brazil’s development bank ploughs $274.5m into wind Solar materials company NovoPolymers attracts investment from Capital-E Fiera Axium and MetLife acquire 62MW of solar capacity Waste2Tricity raises £1m for international growth Electranova Capital invests in smart building provider Enlighted Company » …

Newnet October 10th

Jay OwenGreen Prosperity

10 October Today’s Top Stories Shunfeng Photovoltaic makes bid for troubled panel manufacturer Wuxi Suntech Bridges Ventures closes sustainability fund on £125m Latest on NewNet See all the latest industry news with a New Energy World Network premium subscription. SUBSCRIBE » Deals » UK wind installer Earthmill funded £4.1m by Connection Capital …

U.S. Carbon Dioxide Emissions Down 11 Percent Since 2007

Jay OwenTV Series

Emily E. Adams www.earth-policy.org/data_highlights/2013/highlights41 Earth Policy Release Data Highlight October 2, 2013 Carbon dioxide emissions from burning fossil fuels in the United States peaked at more than 1.6 billion tons of carbon in 2007. Since then they have fallen 11 percent, dropping to over 1.4 billion tons in 2013, according …

Greentech Solar – October 7th

Jay OwenGreentech

    LATEST NEWS: Vivint Solar Moves Into Orange County and the No. 2 US Installer Spot  Eric Wesoff – October 4, 2013 It’s green trucks versus orange trucks. Rooftop Solar Scores a Crucial Win Against Arizona’s Dominant Utility  Herman K. Trabish – October 3, 2013 Landmark regulatory memo rejects …

greentech solar: New California Net Metering Study Appears to Be DOA

Jay OwenGreentech

  LATEST NEWS: New California Net Metering Study Appears to Be DOA  Herman K. Trabish – September 30, 2013 E3’s research uses soon-to-change design assumptions and antiquated data. Innovation in Customer Acquisition Will Save US Residential Solar $619M by 2017  Mike Munsell – September 30, 2013 New report outlines the …

NewNet Clean Energy Investor: Humans causing climate change says IPCC’s latest report

Jay OwenGreen Prosperity

30 September Today’s Top Stories Pattern tops IPO target, raising $352m UK Green Investment Bank invests £11m into Welsh biomass plant upgrade Pattern tops IPO target, raising $352m Cleantech VC Navitas Capital leads investment in Enmetric Systems Total and Etrion team up to build 70MW solar in Chile US DOE …

NewEnergyNews Daily Headlines: HOW WATER WILL CHANGE ENERGY

Jay OwenGreentech, Trendspotting

NewEnergyNews      Daily Headlines                                              http://www.NewEnergyNews.net/   TODAY AT NewEnergyNews, September 30: * TODAY’S STUDY: HOW WATER WILL CHANGE ENERGY * QUICK NEWS, September 30:  NEW ENERGY AND THE GRID; A BIG IPO …