{"id":10254,"date":"2015-05-20T13:11:29","date_gmt":"2015-05-20T18:11:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/energyexchange\/?p=10254"},"modified":"2015-05-20T13:12:23","modified_gmt":"2015-05-20T18:12:23","slug":"5-reasons-clean-energy-investments-beat-expectations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/energyexchange\/2015\/05\/20\/5-reasons-clean-energy-investments-beat-expectations\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Reasons Clean Energy Investments Beat Expectations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>By: Karin Rives,\u00a0editor of EDF\u00a0Voices<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/energyexchange\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/38\/files\/2015\/05\/solardesert_378x235_flickr.-jpg.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-10256\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/energyexchange\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/38\/files\/2015\/05\/solardesert_378x235_flickr.-jpg-300x187.jpg\" alt=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/theregeneration\/2896375539\/in\/photolist-g4EKeL-g4HHGn-d8ehL5-rULj6N-cgtCFf-hT3cxr-gCrdLE-fbgHdQ-c3rpeQ-j5NzDD-j5QVh1-j5QxJk-j5NxWR-j5P9Sc-j5P3hZ-9f8HtJ-ekUYGT-e2PWBo-cwcTCw-5pWFxi-4BRzqw-4w6ZgF-7PLkKa-4DvxJx-dciiBw-cUYaNo-9dyCtP-j5QKA7-fmTsf3-e56Sft-6Zn6nS-e2PWsY-e2Jkm4-j5QaPD-g4FLUh-g4FYT9-g4Hojn-g4J2cJ-g4EZss-g4GfMx-g4H7AZ-g4JmwL-g4J2WM-nXLdD4-34jq7Y-Jnrmo-cgpgBb-85XmL1-gts9JW-gts9u7\" width=\"300\" height=\"187\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/energyexchange\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/38\/files\/2015\/05\/solardesert_378x235_flickr.-jpg-300x187.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/energyexchange\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/38\/files\/2015\/05\/solardesert_378x235_flickr.-jpg.jpg 378w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>The solar industry is booming and the U.S. Department of Energy\u2019s loan guarantee program, chastised after several high-profile cleantech companies went belly up in 2011, has more than recovered.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, leading venture capitalists, some of our largest banks and brands, and &#8211; lately &#8211; private investors are expected to continue to invest heavily in clean energy projects this year after the market rebounded with a vengeance in 2014.<\/p>\n<p>Here are five reasons why.<!--more--><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong> Federal loan program delivers<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>The Energy Department\u2019s $25-billion loan guarantee program turned a profit in 2014 \u2013 something it was technically never expected to do \u2013 and the agency has reported it expects to collect more than $5 billion in interest over the life of its outstanding loans.<\/p>\n<p>Automaker Tesla\u2019s decision to pay back its $465-million loan nine years ahead of schedule, with interest, has been among highlights in recent years.<\/p>\n<p>The Energy Department\u2019s Advanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing program also takes partial credit for the fact that America\u2019s best-selling pick-up truck now comes with a fuel-efficient engine. Most recently, the agency approved a conditional $259-million loan to Alcoa Inc. to support development of advanced cars.<\/p>\n<p>Not all investments are successful, as Solyndra showed us, but that goes with the territory.\u00a0This is a loan program that delivers \u2013 for American taxpayers and for corporate America.<\/p>\n<ol start=\"2\">\n<li><strong> Clean energy is a resilient industry<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>In the United States, clean energy investments reached nearly $52 billion in 2014, up from $10 billion\u00a0a decade ago.<\/p>\n<p>The market continued to grow through the 2007-2009 economic recession, and in spite of a decision by the U.S. Congress to let a major tax credit program expire in 2012. In the last year, and against all odds, the clean energy market then grew amid dropping oil prices.<a href=\"http:\/\/www.edf.org\/blog\/2015\/01\/05\/why-demand-clean-energy-remains-strong-amid-falling-oil-prices\"><br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<p>More than 62 percent\u00a0of new electricity coming online this year will come from wind, solar and other renewable sources. Such growth doesn\u2019t go unnoticed.<\/p>\n<ol start=\"3\">\n<li><strong> Investors are onboard<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>As the market grows, so does market confidence.<\/p>\n<p>During the first quarter of 2015, a number of high-profile investments have already been announced, including $250 million in U.S. residential solar investments by Morgan Stanley, and a $350 million deal between JP Morgan and SolarCity. Google also announced $1.5 billion in various renewable energy projects.<\/p>\n<p>Yieldcos, meanwhile &#8211; a new financing model where a utility parent company bundles clean energy projects to lower risk to investors &#8211; are on track to become a $100-billion market.<\/p>\n<p>Venture capitalists aren\u2019t sitting on the sidelines, either. Start-up capital for U.S. cleantech companies reached $20 billion in 2014, up 39 percent from the year before.<\/p>\n<ol start=\"4\">\n<li><strong> Cost of solar and wind continues to drop\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Since 2009, the cost of solar panels has declined 89 percent and the cost for wind installations dropped by 48 percent, Bloomberg New Energy Finance reports.<\/p>\n<p>At the same time, new business models are making renewable energy purchases affordable for middle-income households and small businesses.<\/p>\n<p>SolarCity, one of the biggest installers of leased solar systems, says it\u2019s now signing up a new customer every three minutes\u00a0and the company is hiring hundreds of new workers nationwide to keep up with demand.<\/p>\n<ol start=\"5\">\n<li><strong> New energy policies bring new opportunities<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>In 2014, the United States and China, the world\u2019s two largest economies,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.edf.org\/blog\/2014\/11\/13\/us-china-climate-pact-game-changer-clean-energy\">reached an agreement<\/a>\u00a0to each accelerate the adoption of renewable energy.<\/p>\n<p>The Clean Power Plan, which will impose the first-ever greenhouse gas limits on U.S. power plants, is expected to do its share, too: By 2020, there could be 274,000 new jobs created in the energy efficiency sector as states seek to comply with the law, one analysis found.<\/p>\n<p>With new energy policies come new solutions for the electric grid and for how, when and where consumers purchase power \u2013 a transformation of our energy landscape that, in turn, will open up countless new opportunities for smart entrepreneurs and investors.<\/p>\n<p>Driving this change are not politics or crony capitalism like some will have us believe. It\u2019s business savvy, plain and simple.<\/p>\n<p><em>Photo source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/theregeneration\/2896375539\/in\/photolist-g4EKeL-g4HHGn-d8ehL5-rULj6N-cgtCFf-hT3cxr-gCrdLE-fbgHdQ-c3rpeQ-j5NzDD-j5QVh1-j5QxJk-j5NxWR-j5P9Sc-j5P3hZ-9f8HtJ-ekUYGT-e2PWBo-cwcTCw-5pWFxi-4BRzqw-4w6ZgF-7PLkKa-4DvxJx-dciiBw-cUYaNo-9dyCtP-j5QKA7-fmTsf3-e56Sft-6Zn6nS-e2PWsY-e2Jkm4-j5QaPD-g4FLUh-g4FYT9-g4Hojn-g4J2cJ-g4EZss-g4GfMx-g4H7AZ-g4JmwL-g4J2WM-nXLdD4-34jq7Y-Jnrmo-cgpgBb-85XmL1-gts9JW-gts9u7\">Flickr\/theregeneration<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>This post originally appeared on our <a href=\"http:\/\/www.edf.org\/blog\/2015\/05\/20\/5-reasons-clean-energy-investments-beat-expectations\">EDF Voices blog<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By: Karin Rives,\u00a0editor of EDF\u00a0Voices The solar industry is booming and the U.S. Department of Energy\u2019s loan guarantee program, chastised after several high-profile cleantech companies went belly up in 2011, has more than recovered. In fact, leading venture capitalists, some of our largest banks and brands, and &#8211; lately &#8211; private investors are expected to &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[42996,53091,177],"tags":[],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-10254","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-smart-power","category-energy-financing","category-renewable-energy"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>5 Reasons Clean Energy Investments Beat Expectations - Energy Exchange<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/energyexchange\/2015\/05\/20\/5-reasons-clean-energy-investments-beat-expectations\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"5 Reasons Clean Energy Investments Beat Expectations - Energy Exchange\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"By: Karin Rives,\u00a0editor of EDF\u00a0Voices The solar industry is booming and the U.S. Department of Energy\u2019s loan guarantee program, chastised after several high-profile cleantech companies went belly up in 2011, has more than recovered. 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