May 19, 2013 @ 2:26 pm By JD Alois  |  

New Energy System Trust, a network dedicated to advocating and supporting exotic free energy systems, has launched a crowdfunding site called New Energy Funding.  Powered by white label crowdfunding platform Launcht, NEST hopes to give entrepreneurs a platform to connect their ideas with the necessary seed funding so they may succeed. NEST was founded in… Read More

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April 29, 2013 @ 6:00 am By CFI Correspondent  |  

Mosaic, an online crowdfunding platform that connects investors to high-quality solar projects, just released its largest solar project to date with $698,775 available for investment. The project is the second in the Golden State Series, a $100M series of solar investments available to residents of California. The first project in the series, a $152,700 project… Read More

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April 17, 2013 @ 8:00 am By Your Industry News  |  

For decades, there have been limited ways to champion the widespread adoption of renewable energy sources. We’ve been educated on the importance of modifying our individual consumer behavior and advocating for sustainable energy policies. Now, crowdfunding offers all of us a new way to protect our shared environment and engage in the expansion of renewable… Read More

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April 8, 2013 @ 9:55 pm By CFI Correspondent  |  

Solar project crowdfunding site Mosaic, has received approval from securities regulators to offer $100 Million worth of solar investments to residents of California. Billy Parish, Co-Founder of Mosaic said, “California has always been a leader in solar energy. We’re thrilled that now any resident of California can invest directly into solar energy for as little as $25”…. Read More

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April 6, 2013 @ 7:50 am By CleanTechnica  |  

Pollinate Energy — a Sydney and Bangalore-based social enterprise NGO dedicated to using renewable resources to eradicate energy poverty in India -– has joined forces with ChipIn, a new Australian website designed to raise funds for Australian non-profits, to launch a new clean energy crowdfunding campaign. The campaign will start by raising funds to establish five new… Read More

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April 2, 2013 @ 11:03 am By Vermont Public Radio  |  

… Now the Kickstarter model is being copied locally in hopes of putting Vermont entrepreneurs with specific social missions together with small donors. One new Vermont crowdfunding portal is called Three Revolutions. It started a few months ago with a focus on raising donations for a variety of food and farming projects. This week another new crowdfunding… Read More

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March 27, 2013 @ 4:39 pm By GizMag  |  

After looking into the pros and cons of nine methods of electricity production (including coal, geothermal, biomass, and solar), a group of 9 and 10 year-olds from Central Park School for Children in Durham, North Carolina decided that their classroom should be powered using only energy from the sun. They hit Kickstarter at the beginning… Read More

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March 25, 2013 @ 9:22 am By CFI Correspondent  |  

The EcoHub, a Vermont-based online community devoted to crowdfunding eco-friendly projects and nurturing healthy relationships between people and the planet launched today. EcoHub connects individuals to create a critical mass that is collectively working to improve the environment. The goal of the EcoHub is threefold: Be a crowdfunding agent for EcoProjects with built-in accountability measures… Read More

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March 23, 2013 @ 7:10 am By TheEnergyCollective  |  

Here’s a small story to warm the heart, via Clean Technica: At the start of March, a group of fourth graders from Central Park School in Durham, North Carolina — along with their teacher, Aaron Sebens — set up a Kickstarter campaign to raise $800 to set up a solar array to power their classroom…. Read More

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March 10, 2013 @ 12:47 pm By Christian Science Monitor  |  

With early stage capital for cleantech innovation becoming increasingly scarce, crowdfunding sites like Kickstarter, Indiegogo and a new crop of clean/green ones are beginning to emerge as significant sources of funding for selected next-gen clean technologies. Hurdles remain, particularly for investors seeking returns, but I’m more optimistic about these sites’ usefulness to cleantech entrepreneurs than I used to… Read More

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March 8, 2013 @ 5:17 am By ThinkProgress  |  

From Forbes to Fortune, Bloomberg to the Wall Street Journal, a young company named Mosaic has been getting a lot of attention of late. Why? Because Mosaic is bringing crowd-sourced funding to the world of solar PV. Crowdfunding is nothing new. Companies such as Kickstarter have allowed individuals to fund everything from their next indie… Read More

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March 6, 2013 @ 6:00 am By CFI Correspondent  |  

Pristine Sun and Solar Mosaic, Inc have executed several agreements to close on post-construction permanent loans on the first phase of a portfolio build-out of solar PV farms in California over the next nine months.  Power from the six projects, totaling nearly 6 MW of Pristine Sun’s 250 MW portfolio of mid-to-late-stage California small utility… Read More

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March 6, 2013 @ 3:52 am By UKFundraising  |  

Environment and community charity Healthy Planet is launching a crowdfunding site next month for UK environmental and conservation organisations. In particular it is designed for the “less well publicised projects”. The site, Conservation Community, will let grassroots causes and organisations promote their projects to an international audience and enable them to donate and share their… Read More

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March 5, 2013 @ 4:33 pm By CFI Correspondent  |  

CarbonStory, currently in closed beta, will launch the beta version of its crowdfunding platform for climate change projects at SXSW in Austin, USA on March 10. The Singapore based crowdfunding portal stated, “We created CarbonStory to make a real impact towards fighting climate change”, said Andreas Birnik, Co-founder of CarbonStory. “CarbonStory is game changing because… Read More

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February 27, 2013 @ 11:26 am By Jesse Morris  |  

From GreenBiz (of course) to Forbes to Fortune, Bloomberg to The Wall Street Journal, a young company named Mosaic has been getting a lot of attention of late. Why? Because Mosaic is bringing crowdsourced funding to the world of solar PV. Crowdfunding is nothing new. Companies such asKickstarter have allowed individuals to fund everything from their next indie film to extensive out-of-pocket medical bills with pooled donations… Read More

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