The California Cleantech Collaboration

We recently showcased the Finnish Cleantech Cluster, highlighting their exciting work within Finland and around the globe.

In addition to this, we would like to share more about what the Finnish Cleantech Cluster is up to in the coming months...

The GCCA and the Finnish Cleantech Cluster â?? in partnership with the Metso, Grant Thornton, and swisscleantech, among others â?? are hosting the California Cleantech Collaboration. The GCCA California Cleantech Collaboration are two one-day cleantech business forums that will highlight the U.S.'s two most active cleantech cities, San Francisco and San Diego.

The San Francisco forum on August 9 and San Diego forum on August 11 will serve to bring together cleantech companies from around the world to to meet with utilities, venors, and corporations involved in the cleantech sector. gcca

The event will also serve as a preview to the Ecocity World Summit in Montreal, at which point the nominees for GCCA's Later Stage Award will be officially announced.

Shawn Lesser, co-founder of GCCA, Watershed Capital Group, and Nina Harjula, co-founder of GCCA, Finnish Cleantech Cluster, will moderate the event. Also in attendance will be U.S. Ambassador to Finland, Mr Bruce J. Oreck and Finnish Ambassador to U.S., Mrs Ritva Koukku-Ronde.

The forum will include panel disuccsions on:

  • Global bio-energy panel discussion with keynote speaker Risto Lehtimäki, Senior Vice President, Marketing and Communications of the Metso Group
  • Global energy efficiency, intelligent energy management, and smart grids with a keynote speaker from General Electrics, Smart City San Diego
  • Water technology with keynote speaker Donald F. Rutz, Vise President, Kemira Oyj

Following these discussions, Finnish Cleantech companies and global cleantech industry partners will have one-on-one meetings. Both days will conclude with a cocktail reception and networking dinner.

To register for this event, click here.

Until Next Time,

Angela Guss

The California Cleantech Collaboration originally appeared in Green Chip Stocks. Green Chip Review is a free 2x-per-week newsletter, is the first advisory to focus exclusively on investments in alternative and renewable energies.

 

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Siemens Wins 20MW Idaho Solar Field Project

siemens_module-200x150Siemens Industry, Inc. today announced it has received a multi-million dollar order from Interconnect Solar Development, LLC, to supply solar technology for the 20 megawatt (MW) Murphy Flats solar field in Idaho.

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The Greening of China

According to China's deputy director of the National Energy Administration, Qian Zhimin, Chinese cities, counties and towns will be increasingly green in the next few years. As reported in China Daily, Qian estimated that by 2015, the country could see as many as 100 cities, 200 counties and 10,000 towns relying on alternative sources of energy like renewables.

?Against the backdrop of combating climate change and pursuing development in a way that saves energy and avoids harming the environment, the notion of a low-carbon town is becoming prevalent, and promising exploration have been conducted by a multitude of?cities,? Qian said. ?Priorities should be placed on the development of public and rail transit and the construction of smart grids. We should also make cities more energy efficient?

China's first model town, Tianjin Yujiapu financial district was nominated as the first low-carbon model town project in the Asia-Pacific region at a forum that discussed low carbon model towns. The initial planning for the city was conducted by international design teams from Manhattan, Chicago, London, and Japan.

?In recent years, test projects have begun for regions that will emit relatively little carbon and have been preliminarily tried out in five provinces and eight cities, including Tianjin,? Qian said.

Li Bo, the president of the Tianjin Innovative Finance Investment Ltd., noted that the buildings in the city are being constructed in accordance to green standards. ?Last year, we signed cooperative agreements with more than 60 low-carbon enterprises from home and abroad,? Li said. At present, 260 enterprises have invested in the Yujiapu financial district, with a total capital registered for the project at around 60 billion yuan, or $9.27 billion.

Xinhua reports that China?s minister of industry and information technology, Miao Xu, said that the government has plans to green the country?s industrialization strategy. The minister indicated that China will promote energy efficiency and emissions reductions. These measures are significant given the fact that as of 2011, Chinese energy consumption in industrial production accounts for 70 percent of the nation?s total energy consumption.

These efforts are consistent with China?s five-year plan which mandates movement away from fossil fuels, and lowering energy consumption per unit of gross domestic product by 16 percent.

Original Article on The Green Market Blog

Source: http://www.solarfeeds.com/the-green-market-blog/17450-the-greening-of-china

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Sustainable Energy Arm of Fraunhofer Joins Dunmore's FastCert Program

Fraunhofer Centre for Sustainable Energy (CSE) has joined Dunmore Corporation's FastCert Qualification Program to help solar module manufacturers make their products more reliable and produce them more efficiently.

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Solar Loan vs. PPA

Solar energy is quickly becoming more affordable than ever for Massachusetts homeowners. Tax incentives and state rebates drive down the initial cost, however the remaining balance of an array is still a considerable sum. Sunlight Solar Energy has partnered with several groups to reduce or even eliminate those upfront costs with a financial plan tailored to each homeowner.

Sunlight Solar has a wide variety of financing options. Our two newest are the SunRun Power Purchase Agreement and the SunPower 20 Year Loan. Here?s a comparison of how those deals work.

The SunRun Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) is an agreement through which SunRun will purchase the solar array designed and installed on your home by Sunlight Solar. You, the homeowner, then purchase the power from your solar panels from SunRun at a fixed rate. SunRun covers all maintenance, monitoring, and insurance of your system during the life of the 20 year agreement. After the 20 years is up, you have the option to purchase the solar array at fair market value, or have it removed at no cost to you.

SunRun offers two power purchase options:

  • A prepaid option in which you purchase 20 years worth of clean, solar energy at a rate lower than that of the utility company.
  • Or, a fixed monthly payment with a low upfront cost between $0 and $1,000.

Homeowners taking advantage of the SunRun PPA program can enjoy low, fixed energy costs for the term of the agreement but are unable to take advantage of tax incentives and rebates.

The second program currently being offered is a 20 Year Loan with our partner SunPower. This loan is an unsecured loan, meaning that it is not tied to your home equity. The 20 Year Loan offers a low interest rate and the option to re-amortize in the first 18 months. As opposed to the PPA, those who utilize the loan option have full ownership of their solar array and are able to take advantage of all the tax incentives and rebates.

The bottom line:

  • With a PPA, you pay a set amount for power generated by the solar panels with little to no money down. All maintenance and monitoring is covered by SunRun.
  • With a loan, you own the panels and pay a monthly installment towards the loan. All eligible rebates and SRECS go directly to you, the homeowner.

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Source: http://www.solarfeeds.com/sunlight-solar-energy/17456-solar-loan-vs-ppa

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