GreenBiz: How to infuse distributed generation with institutional capital
by Thomas Byrne, CEO, CleanCapital
This article was originally run in GreenBiz.
Last month, I spoke at the 17th Annual Wall Street Green Summit, an event focused on exploring the latest developments in clean energy finance. The summit included industry experts who discussed an array of exciting developments throughout the renewable energy sector. My presentation focused on capital market strategies in distributed generation and wanted to share some highlights.
First, some perspective. Clean energy has grown rapidly in the last decade, up to 18 percent of total energy deployment from 9 percent in 2008. But it remains a small fraction of overall power generation worldwide. In the United States, coal and natural gas account for more than 60 percent of electricity generation.