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Sunlight Financial Gets $50 Million From FTV to Make Solar Loans

June 7, 2018 Anand Gupta

Sunlight Financial LLC, which lends money to homeowners to install and upgrade solar systems and batteries, has raised $50 million in private equity from FTV Capital to expand its financing programs. The New York-based Sunlight has secured more than $1 billion in capital for its loans since the company was founded in 2014, Chief Executive […]

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Trump’s move to please farmers on biofuels reform draws refinery union ire

June 7, 2018 Anand Gupta

U.S. President Donald Trump, in yielding to pressure from farming states and agreeing to suspend changes to U.S. biofuel policy is now being criticized by another important constituency, the main union for oil refinery workers. The United Steelworkers, the largest industrial union in North America representing refinery workers, said the decision leaves in place a […]

TIU Canada-UKRGASBANK along with Canadian Investor are Developin

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UKRGASBANK along with Canadian Investor are Developing the Alternative Energy Sector in Ukraine

June 7, 2018 Anand Gupta

KYIV, Ukraine: The State UKRGASBANK and TIU Canada, the first Canadian investor to construct solar projects in Ukraine since 2010, have begun cooperation in increasing the capacity of renewable energy sources. In particular, the Bank refinanced 70% of the cost of the new powerful Nikopol Solar Power Plant, which became the pilot project of TIU […]

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Wynn Las Vegas Marks The Opening Of The Wynn Solar Facility

June 7, 2018 Anand Gupta

Resort Now Offsetting Up To Seventy-Five Percent of Its Peak Power Needs With Renewable Energy LAS VEGAS: Wynn Las Vegas marks a new renewable energy milestone with the start of the commercial operation of the Wynn Solar Facility on Saturday, June 2. The new 160-acre facility is now offsetting up to seventy-five percent of the […]

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SunDirected To Install Solar Carport System at Local Grocery Store

June 7, 2018 Anand Gupta

581-Kilowatt SunPower Helix Carport System Expected to Save Burkholder’s Country Market $1,400,000 Over 25 Years SPRING MILLS, Pa.: SunDirected, a SunPower Commercial Dealer located in State College, Pa., has been selected to complete the installation of a 581-kilowatt (kW) high efficiency solar power system at Burkholder’s Country Market in Spring Mills. The installation will span […]

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Sunlight Financial Secures $50 Million Growth Equity Investment from FTV Capital

June 6, 2018 Anand Gupta

Fast Growing Specialty Finance Company Simplifies Homeowner Purchases of Solar Systems, Batteries and Roofs NEW YORK & CHARLOTTE, N.C.: Sunlight Financial, a technology-enabled finance company providing point-of-sale financing solutions, today announced that it has raised a $50 million investment from FTV Capital, a growth equity investor. Sunlight Financial will use the proceeds to expand its […]

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Turner to Build Solar-Powered Parking Structure in Downtown Denver

June 6, 2018 Anand Gupta

Together with design-build partner Gensler, Turner is building a Net Zero parking structure in Downtown Denver, which features on-site energy generation from rooftop photovoltaic panels. DENVER: Turner Construction Company is pleased to announce that Denver Health and Hospital Authority has selected the firm to manage construction of a Net-Zero parking structure in the middle of […]

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Premier Finance Event Brings Global Players Together to Push Forward U.S. Renewable Development

June 6, 2018 Anand Gupta

Senior Investors, Executives to Examine the Vehicles for Financing Renewable Market Expansion WHAT: Now in its 15th year, Renewable Energy Finance Forum-Wall Street (REFF-Wall Street) will gather a premier cross-section of the global renewable business community on June 19-20 in NYC to assess the state of play for renewable energy finance, development, innovation and policy across the United States. […]

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Greenskies Energizes 2.46 MW Array for Erie County, NY

June 6, 2018 Anand Gupta

Solar project to produce clean, renewable energy for the County MIDDLETOWN, Conn.,: Greenskies Renewable Energy LLC (“Greenskies”), a Clean Focus Company, completed the installation of a solar array in Alden, New York comprised of 7,939 solar photovoltaic panels. This project will provide clean, renewable energy for Erie County, located in western New York. The ground-mounted […]