COMPANY NEWS Lazard Asset Management takes stake in rooftop solar companyRooftop solar developer and owner Shawton Energy has seen a change in ownership. Iona Capital, the UK low carbon sustainable fund manager, has sold its interest in the company to a fund sponsored by Lazard Asset Management. As a result of the transaction, Lazard’s Sustainable … Read More
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Rooftop solar/heat pumps/hydrogen/biofuels/mushrooms & focus on flow batteries
There is a place in the Net Zero world for each of these three: CCS, Nuclear (large and small) and hydrogen, but one must be realistic and not saddle them with the expectation that they can solve the problem. I have covered CCS and nuclear recently. This week we have a good summary of the … Read More
Geothermal/capacity market/home solar/seaweed/lithium/microgrid in a box
Everyone has a view on Elon Musk, he’s hard to ignore. But I do like the description of him by Charlie Munger as “gifted but weird”. Charlie has earned the right to his views as it was him who suggested to Warren Buffet that he invest in $232m in a then unknown Chinese battery company … Read More
Solar thermal/rooftop solar/HVO/methane/volcano/perovskite solar
COMPANY NEWS UK solar innovator Naked Energy continues European expansion with new partnershipsBritish solar thermal design and engineering company Naked Energy has announced further international expansion after partnering with two leading European engineering-led firms.Portuguese business Tech4Food will now offer Naked Energy’s cutting-edge solar thermal and photovoltaic thermal (PVT) products as part of its engineering solutions … Read More
Biomethane/rooftop solar/bamboo & focus on ESG funds
The world has found a way to cut CO2 emissions, albeit a very painful one. The crisis has also rudely barged the green agenda off the front pages. Hopefully we shall be back stronger than ever, but nonetheless Titbits intends to keep the newsflow coming as best we can. To soften the edges of a … Read More