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SolarCity and Honda to finance $50M more in solar projects for Honda and Acura customers and dealerships

Green Car Congress

SolarCity and Honda have renewed their partnership with a new fund expected to finance $50 million in solar projects. The companies have already completed or initiated a range of solar projects for homeowners, dealerships and corporate facilities that total more than 12.5 Earlier post.) MW of solar generation capacity.

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Report from the REFF-Wall Street; Themes in Renewable Energy Finance

Green Car Congress

Green Car Congress attended the Renewable Energy Finance Forum - Wall Street (REFF-Wall Street) conference (23-24 June) sponsored by Euromoney Energy Events and the American Council on Renewable Energy (ACORE). Renewable energy projects are frequently financed with project rather than corporate finance. by Bill Cooke.

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KPMG study identifies 10 sustainability “megaforces” with accelerating impacts on business; imperative of sustainability changing the automotive business radically

Green Car Congress

KPMG developed 3 nexuses linked by climate change to represent the challenges of sustainable growth. In a new study, KPMG International has identified 10 “megaforces” that will significantly affect corporate growth globally over the next two decades. Source: KPMG. Click to enlarge.

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Solar Smackdown in Torrance – Installer Sues City on Behalf of the Sun

Creative Greenius

He wasn’t a finance guy, thinking “I’m going to make money.” It’s expensive and my clients don’t finance. Because for one, financing isn’t available anymore and two, early adopters are a different crowd. You pay your corporate taxes on-line. Lillian Light (President of the EPN) arranged something with another person.

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Andy Grove: The U.S. must create an electric car industry - Apr. 17, 2009

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

News | Markets | Technology | Personal Finance | Small Business | CNN.com RSS Newsletters Video Home Fortune 500 Technology Investing Management Rankings Andy Grove on battery power To wean itself from imported oil, the U.S. In addition, climate change demands that we harness new, renewable sources of energy. To keep U.S.

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A Conversation

Revenge of the Electric Car

One of my producers, Jessie Deeter, directs for the PBS show Frontline , and we used her guidelines about keeping our integrity about junkets and careful dealings with our subjects and the film was entirely independently financed. We had a few run-ins with corporate handlers but over time we got more access. There was risk all around.

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Drive Electric Submission on the Emissions Reduction Plan Discussion Document

Drive Electric

In New Zealand’s fight against climate change, e-mobility is a low-hanging fruit, especially given our supply of renewable energy. . Moving to zero emissions vehicles, as the cliche goes, is the low hanging fruit in the fight against climate change. . link] -have-to-reach-before-it-changes-behaviour.