Results for: solar

April 21 2016

BNEF’s Chase: SunEdison Files for Bankruptcy After Acquisition Binge

Analyst Reaction by Jenny Chase, BNEF’s Head of Solar Insight – SunEdison’s bankruptcy says more about the company’s strategic decisions than about the solar industry as a whole. Comparable companies SunPower and First Solar have managed a develop-and-sell business profitably over the past three years. – What has distinguished SunEdison has been the relentless and […]

April 19 2016

China lull behind quiet quarter for global clean energy investment

Global clean energy investment dropped in Q1 2016, despite mega-financings in UK and Norwegian wind, due to a slowdown in China and a dearth of public market equity raises London and New York, 19 April 2016 – Global clean energy investment in the first quarter of 2016 was $53.1bn, down 22% on Q4 2015’s $68.1bn […]

April 5 2016

Foxconn’s Clean-Energy Ambitions Bolstered With Sharp Takeover

Foxconn Technology Group’s rescue of Sharp Corp. promises to bolster the Taiwanese electronics maker’s ambitions for a bigger role in clean energy in some of the world’s most-polluting countries, while also providing a firmer footing in Japan. Foxconn, which reached a deal last week to take control of Sharp, has previously announced plans to improve […]

April 4 2016

10 companies chosen as 2016 New Energy Pioneers at ninth annual Bloomberg New Energy Finance Summit in New York City

Innovative companies from around the world recognized as game-changers in the field of clean energy technology and business transformationNew York, 4 April 2015 – Bloomberg New Energy Finance today announced its selection of the 2016 New Energy Pioneers – game-changing innovators that are revolutionizing the energy sector. The diverse group (listed in full below) represents […]

March 24 2016

Global trends in renewable energy investment 2016

Report from UNEP-Frankfurt School examines a record-breaking year for renewables investment and a record-shattering year for the gigawatt capacity installed. London, 24 March 2016 – An authoritative and detailed analysis of global investment in renewable energy is published today, revealing record global investment ($285.9bn in 2015, up 5%), record capacity installed (134GW, up from 106GW […]

March 22 2016

Liebreich: Europe at a clean energy crossroads

Chairman of the Advisory Board Bloomberg New Energy Finance Twitter: @MLiebreich   When Winston Churchill said of the Balkans that they “produce more history than they can consume”, he could have been speaking of the whole of Europe. The world in 2016 is facing perilous times, and no region other than the Middle East looks […]

March 22 2016

UK Energy Efficiency Trends – March 2016

Energy Efficiency Trends is a quarterly report focused on the UK market, providing insight into non-residential energy efficiency. This edition takes the temperature of consumer and supplier market activity in the fourth and final quarter of 2015 (October-December). In headline, the key trends reported in Q3 have largely continued into Q4 – the ‘tale of […]

March 16 2016

BNEF’s Zindler on Off-Grid Solar Powering 100 Million Homes by 2020

Almost 100 million households worldwide may be powered by solar panels by 2020, according to Bloomberg New Energy Finance. The off-grid solar market has grown to $700 million now from non-existent less than a decade ago, according to a report Thursday from the London-based research company and the World Bank Group’s Lighting Global. They expect […]

March 3 2016

Off-Grid Solar Market Trends Report 2016

The 1.2 billion people living without access to the power grid spend about $27 billion annually on lighting and mobile-phone charging with kerosene, candles, battery torches or other fossil-fuel powered stopgap technologies. Solar-powered portable lights and home kits offer a better service at lower cost. This report takes stock of what the emerging off-grid solar […]

February 23 2016

Young: Summit 2016: Clinches and throws of the wrestle for the grid

William Young Director of Summit, Bloomberg New Energy Finance Twitter: @wr_young Deep in the accumulated wisdom of Bloomberg BusinessWeek, I suspect there is a recipe for a perfect front page.  It runs as follows: take 4oz of Warren Buffett, 4oz of Elon Musk, 6oz of wrestling and stir vigorously. Most recently these ingredients were baked […]