Clean Energy Finance Forum

One of those jarringly inspired stories from the developing world, this one sizes up a piezoelectric system that an entrepreneur installed outside Freetown, Sierra Leone. People in the power-starved capital trip lights on when they walk.

This July 29 story breezes through the blow-by-blow on a report that wind executives the world over should wave at their next meeting. The report suggested that large installations could protect bats and birds as surely as small ones- a breath of fresh air as firms aim to build ever-larger wind installations.

It's a breakthrough technology! It's an economic cold war! Hold on, you two - this July 28 story on a $700 million round for a battery-recycling company dwells on American competition with China as a corporate strategy.

On July 21, the trade magazine summarized a report the European investment Bank produced that favors a buying network to support home solar installations across the Sahel. The report's lack of quotes from people who currently lack electricity, says the article, casts "glaring' question on its strategy.

This July 20 update details how state tax forgiveness can erase 2.5% of an electric vehicle's price in Rajasthan. State treats like this look likely to wane in the US, where Democratic lawmakers are working to find ways to roll out national EV incentives.

Joel Makower, proselyte of transition prosperity, amasses anecdotes to argue that people who grok environmental, social and governance strategy can find more opportunities than ever. The July 19 column features reflections from Ellen Weinreb, SOM '98.

A July 15 dispatch in Platt's reveals the popularity of fuel-switching contracts and the perils of verifying carbon reduction, here starring BP and Sempra.

On July 14, this story detailed how LG aims to escape a bottleneck by investing $5.2 billion to produce the car-battery inputs that now overwhelmingly come from China.

A July 13 story reads through some targets for a $250 million raise by California's Ecosystem Integrity Fund, including portfolio companies in Ghana and Rwanda.

This July 14 article breaks down provisions for clean transmission, building performance enhancement, and grid modernization in a bipartisan-passed bill that has cleared a US Senate committee.