Tagged: green

February 10, 2014 @ 4:37 pm By JD Alois  |  

Wants to be New Funding Source for Renewable Energy Sector. Debuting with five projects,  Clean Reach, the world’s first crowdfunding platform for the ocean energy industry launched today, designed to address a lack of early-stage funding for a fast-growing part of the renewable energy sector…. Read More

January 8, 2014 @ 8:02 pm By JD Alois  |  

$1 Million Powerful Answers Award from Verizon Will Be Used to Develop Mobile App & Expand Internationally for the Solar Energy Crowdfunding Platform.  Solar crowdfunding trail-blazer Mosaic had a big day today as they were anointed with the top prize for sustainability at the 2014 International Consumer… Read More

January 8, 2014 @ 3:00 pm By JD Alois  |  

Solar energy crowdfunding platform SunFunder estimates that as of the end of 2013 their efforts have aided over 100,000 individuals.  Over the past 18 months Sun Funder has seen $363,000 contributed to their diverse projects.   The average from each contributor stands at $244. Sun… Read More

January 8, 2014 @ 11:06 am By JD Alois  |  

Solar crowdfunding site Mosaic had a birthday yesterday (January 7) and along with the party that most certainly took place somewhere on the West Coast they provided some interesting information about their platform along with some data regarding the past 12 months. The one year… Read More

January 3, 2014 @ 8:43 am By JD Alois  |  

Woody Harrelson is of course best known for his many successful films and television characters including the recent mega-hit Hunger Games series.  What many people do not know is that he is also an avid environmentalist and entrepreneur.  Now you can add crowdfunder to Woody’s… Read More

January 2, 2014 @ 8:20 am By JD Alois  |  

Academy Award nominated actor Mark Ruffalo is doing some grass-roots campaigning for Solar energy and he is partnering with Mosaic to get it done. In an emailed missive to Mosaic supporters the well known actor shared his ambition to place Solar energy at the top… Read More

November 26, 2013 @ 9:59 am By JD Alois  |  

Seeks to Catalyze $1 Billion of Crowdfunded Investments in Solar by 2020. Over the next decade, SunFunder expects solar energy to leapfrog the electricity grid in developing countries much like innovation of mobile phones quickly surpassed landlines. The SunFunder crowdfunding platform is dedicated to financing… Read More

November 10, 2013 @ 12:21 pm By JD Alois  |  

Launched in 2011 the mission is simple: connect communities and individuals with renewable energy projects while providing reasonable returns to investors. Abundance Generation is in the business of crowdfunding solar and wind projects where everyone benefits.  Regulated by British Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), the company… Read More

November 5, 2013 @ 1:59 pm By JD Alois  |  

Project loan 100% repaid in one year. As of Nov 1st, SunFunder’s first loan for a SunnyMoney solar project in Zambia is fully repaid.  The $10,000 loan was used to purchase and sell approximately 781 solar powered lights to families in the Chadiza district of… Read More

October 25, 2013 @ 3:59 pm By JD Alois  |  

Launched in 2011, Abundance Generation wants to revolutionize the way people invest in renewable energy.  They want to make it easy to share in the benefits of clean energy production by way of “Democratic Finance”.  In 2011 after a 14 month marathon, the platform received… Read More

October 22, 2013 @ 3:03 pm By JD Alois  |  

In a melding of education, energy and environmentalism, the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) has launched a crowdfunding campaign to support a new initiative to help schools purchase and install rooftop solar systems that can provide clean, renewable energy.  The crowdfunding campaign – a first… Read More

September 23, 2013 @ 11:50 am By JD Alois  |  

The company claims the amount raised in such a short time is a crowdfunding record. Windcentrale, a Netherlands based crowdfunding platform for wind power, has raised €1.3 Million in just 13 hours by selling 6,648 shares in a wind turbine sold to 1700 Dutch households…. Read More

August 30, 2013 @ 8:19 am By JD Alois  |  

The 24th Annual SRI Conference will be looking at crowdfunding this year.  Specifically clean tech investing with a panel by Dan Adler, of the Clean Energy Angel Fund and Dan Rosen, CEO of energy crowfunding site Solar Mosaic. The event will be held October 28-30… Read More

August 24, 2013 @ 1:27 pm By JD Alois  |  

SunFunder, has successfully funded their single largest crowdfunded loan to date raising $25,000 for SunnyMoney’s solar schools campaign in Tanzania.  The project was dubbed Solar for 4500 students raised the money from 173 contributors.  The loan term was structured for repayment in 12 months via… Read More

June 30, 2013 @ 10:41 am By JD Alois  |  

Harlaw Hydro Ltd., located outside of Edinburgh, Scotland, has hit their crowdfunding goal of £313,000 to finance a hydro electric energy plant in a unique twist in community crowdfunding.  The goal was reached via community participation in just 12 weeks. Back in the Spring of… Read More

June 27, 2013 @ 9:28 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Mark Perlmutter is organizing the 2013 Crowdfunding World Summit, a two week online event that will bring crowdfunding experts from all over the world together for a comprehensive series of interviews discussing the history, current context and future path of crowdfunding. Crowdfunding enthusiasts and interested… Read More

June 2, 2013 @ 11:44 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Revelo is a company based in Toronto that has taken to Indiegogo to crowdfund the LIFEbike, a bike that is clearly aimed at busy citydwellers on the go. LIFEbike (Lightweight, Intelligent, Flexible Electric bike) is a simple solution that allows commuters to travel without breaking a sweat, and… Read More

May 31, 2013 @ 3:41 pm By JD Alois  |  

Below is an infographic depicting some very cool energy tech – each of which was crowdfunded.  This is a great display of how crowdfunding is not only disrupting traditional funding channels but it is bringing to market some truly incredible products.  Many of these may… Read More

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… Read More

April 29, 2013 @ 6:00 am By JD Alois  |  

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… Read More