Project finance
New partnership aims to help green banks capitalize on federal funding
The Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund-focused collaboration comes from Banyan Infrastructure, Elemental Excelerator, and the Milken Institute.
LevelTen launches new clean energy tax credit marketplace
The new marketplace is one of at least six to pop up in the fast-growing market in less than a year.
Hitachi Energy pours $1.5 billion into transformers
In the next three years, the Swiss company plans to build out its production capacity in an effort to shorten lead times.
Trellis Climate offers a leg up for first-of-a-kind cleantech projects
The new catalytic capital program promises to fill a financing gap for promising but unproven technologies and infrastructure projects.
Climeworks begins to offer “PPAs” for carbon removal
The company will sell curated carbon removal “packages” that include a range of nature-based solutions alongside its own direct air capture services.
Debt is dominating climate tech funding in 2024
Equity is taking a backseat as banks step up their climate investments.
Renewable tax credit transfer deals could double in 2024, says Crux
The renewable tax credit transfer market continues to gain steam, with thousands of projects looking to sell credits so far this year.
How one small Canadian solar company is making use of the IRA
Heliene Solar president Martin Pochtaruk said the company’s decade of experience is a boon as it pursues new project finance.
Fervo eyes project-level finance as it plans for geothermal at scale
After a $244 million Series D, the enhanced geothermal company is looking to project-level finance. But first, it has to get institutional investors comfortable with the tech.
Climate tech’s tough year in the public markets
Lazard’s Shanu Mathew says climate tech investors are fleeing to safer stocks.
The urgent need to simplify clean energy finance
As the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund attracts new lenders, they need better tools to manage deals efficiently, says Banyan Infrastructure’s Amanda Li in this partner podcast episode.
Electric Hydrogen turns to 'really efficient capital' to expand manufacturing
As the electrolyzer company readies its first large-scale factory, Trinity Capital invested $50 million in equipment financing.
Why 45V may knock one green hydrogen project off the map
Developer Ambient Fuels is prepared to shelve a project targeting refineries that doesn’t pencil out under Treasury guidance.
Schneider’s novel use for tax credit transfers
Via its $80 million deal with Engie, the company is reinvesting its tax savings in renewable energy credits — to offset its own scope 2 emissions.
Views on the $1.8 trillion clean energy economy
Some optimistic and cautionary takes on the investment trends guiding the energy transition