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by Nat Goldhaber on October 16th, 2012
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=17CBdznh-hU
An energy-independent United States is an achievable goal by 2025, according to new research commissioned by Claremont Creek Ventures. In order to achieve this audacious goal, the United States needs to clear an important set of hurdles. . . . → Read full post: Claremont Creek Ventures Predicts Energy Independence By 2025
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by Nat Goldhaber on May 9th, 2012
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Our portfolio company Clean Power Finance is on a tear. Recently they partnered with Morgan Stanley subsidiary MS Solar Solutions Corp to help fund up to $300 million in residential solar leases. This illustrates that consumers are increasingly demanding low-risk, high-reward solar – and participating solar installers can easily provide their customers with a variety of lease options. . . . → Read full post: Our portfolio company Clean Power Finance is on a tear
by Nat Goldhaber on March 19th, 2012
March 19, 2012 source: Bloomberg Businessweek
Today Bloomberg New Energy Finance announced that our portfolio company, Clean Power Finance, is a 2012 New Energy Pioneer! It was selected as one of ten out of hundreds of applications from around the world. Clean Power Finance is driving the mass-market adoption of residential solar by building an online business-to-business marketplace to connect the solar industry with capital markets. For solar marketers, installers and distributors, it . . . → Read full post: Claremont Creek Ventures portfolio company Clean Power Finance selected as 2012 New Energy Pioneer
by Claremont Creek Alerts on December 4th, 2011
December 2, 2011 source: GreenTech Media
At the end of 2010, Clean Power Finance (CPF) CEO Nat Kreamer and a group of the biggest names in greentech venture capital, including Kleiner Perkins and Google, decided to take the company to the next level.
CPF was founded in 2007 as an online tool to connect solar buyers and sellers with financial products and help them design solar systems. By 2010, . . . → Read full post: Claremont Creek Ventures’ portfolio company Clean Power Finance channels $1 Million into solar every day
by Micah Myers on September 28th, 2011
Two years ago Claremont Creek Ventures determined that the best opportunity to invest in solar would be in downstream distributed generation and that the right business model could create tremendous value for investors, for consumers, and for the U.S. at large. We then found that model with Clean Power Finance. That is why we are proud of Google’s announcement yesterday about their new partnership with Clean Power Finance along with an . . . → Read full post: Claremont Creek Ventures portfolio company Clean Power Finance partners with Google creating a $75 Million Fund for residential solar projects
by Claremont Creek Alerts on September 25th, 2011 September 23, 2011 source: Forbes
What the Solyndra Bankruptcy Means for Cleantech Investors
by Jennifer Kho. Forbes Contributor
As executives of defunct solar-panel manufacturer Solyndra keep mum in Washington, Silicon Valley and Wall Street are discussing what the bankruptcy – and the federal investigation – could mean for investors.
“It has an impact; it’s such a big story,” says Sheeraz Haji, CEO of research firm Cleantech Group.
In what some are calling “the Solyndra . . . → Read full post: Goldhaber claims there’s still plenty of investor enthusiasm for companies that are installing or financing solar projects
by Claremont Creek Alerts on September 17th, 2011
September 17, 2011 source: AOL Energy
Although venture capitalists have taken a battering in the renewables sector, as seen in the sorry Solyndra saga, investors continue to see value in smart grid investments, biofuels and electric vehicles.
But the stakes are usually high, the capital costs expensive and the path to profit unclear in uncertain political and economic times in the US. But the gains for the US economy are . . . → Read full post: AOL.com names Claremont Creek Ventures’s Nat Goldhaber & Paul Straub as one of theTop Five Clean Energy VCs and Principals
by Claremont Creek Alerts on September 6th, 2011
September 6, 2011 source: Clean Power Finance
Solar finance stars join the Clean Power Finance team
Clean Power Finance, the leading provider of integrated services and financing solutions for the solar industry, today announced Kristian Hanelt as Senior Vice President of Renewable Capital Markets, and Brian Robertson, CEO of Amonix and co-founder of SunEdison, and Ed Feo, Managing Partner of USRG Renewable Finance, join the Clean Power Finance Board of . . . → Read full post: Claremont Creek Ventures portfolio company Clean Power Finance Names Kristian Hanelt Renewable Capital Markets Senior Vice President, Brian Robertson and Ed Feo Join Board of Directors
by Claremont Creek Alerts on September 3rd, 2011 September 2, 2011 source: Forbes
For homeowners who want to put solar power on their roofs, a scarcity of financing has long been one of the biggest roadblocks. Many consumers simply don’t have the upfront cash to shell out some $30,000 for solar on their roof, even if it reduces – or eliminates – their electricity bills for decades.
A new player, Clean Power Finance, hopes to help eliminate . . . → Read full post: Can Clean Power Finance Be the eBay of Residential Solar?
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