Category Archives: Mosaic
Mosaic is an online marketplace for investing in clean energy infrastructure.They are on a mission to open up clean energy investing to the public and fundamentally change the way energy is financed. Learn more and start investing at www.joinmosaic.com
In Focus: People Power!
Carbon dioxide might be getting close to the infamous 400 parts per million (ppm) but here at Mosaic we’re finding hope in what we’re calling the 800 investors per million. That’s the number of people who have invested in our largest solar project ever, a 487 kW installation on New Jersey’s famous Wildwoods boardwalk. These [...]
Net Metering: Whats Not to Like?
There’s been a lot of talk lately about net metering. What’s so special about net metering, and why all the fuss? Net metering is a simple concept that’s policy in 43 states. It’s like rollover minutes on a cell phone bill — it lets utility customers who install solar systems feed energy they generate into [...]
Big Business: Embracing Clean Energy
Power Forward, a report commissioned by Calvert Investments, Ceres, and WWF, claims that 59% of the Fortune 100 and nearly 2/3rds of the Global 100 have invested in setting GHG reduction commitments, renewable commitments, or both. And of those companies, two-dozen have set open renewable energy commitments to be critically watched and accounted for by [...]
U.S Army Announces $7B in Renewable Energy Projects
The U.S. Army has just launched the first in a series of renewable energy contracts that will eventually total $7 billion by the end of this year, using power purchase agreements along with a standard procurement tool that is expected to crush any obstacles that are put in its path. That includes the notorious budget [...]
Out of this World: International Space Station Solar
Chris Hadfield, commander of the International Space Station (ISS), is noted for sharing some spectacular pictures of the place we call home. Browsing through his pictures – you can follow him at @Cmdr_Hadfield – you wouldn’t be hard pressed to find one recurring subject in his album: solar panels. Once upon a time, space stations and [...]
Investing in Clean Energy = Investing in the Future
Here’s a puzzler for our new era: Let’s say you want to set aside some money. Where should you put it? Over the last ten years the stock market has become increasingly volatile, and yields for real estate investments, bonds, and CDs are all at or near 10-year lows. The old advice to diversify and [...]
How to Store Solar Power?
Despite the rapid growth of today’s solar industry, a fundamental question remains: what happens when produced solar energy outweighs its demand at any given time? The intermittent nature of solar energy (and wind, for that matter) is such that we have no control over peak production periods. In other words, the sun shines when it wants, [...]
In Focus: Socially Responsible Investing
Out with the traditional notions of investing; investors are changing the industry and world by aligning their standard of high monetary return with their desire to do good. According to US SIF, $3.74 trillion of the $33.3 trillion assets in the 2012 US investment marketplace was under management that used Socially Responsible Investing (SRI) strategies. Social [...]
Investing in U.S. Energy Infrastructure
Are you, like many Americans, still searching for investment options outside of the stock market? Ever since the recession, people have been seeking ways to distance themselves from the volatility of the stock market while still striving for the historical returns to which they are accustomed. If investing in tangible assets that don’t bend to the [...]