Originally Published in the October 2023 issue of Green Money For three generations, our family has pioneered the protection and restoration of our ocean. Usually, that meant working in education, producing documentaries, or writing books. But over the past decade, we have come to realize that unless society builds financial systems that incentivize positive social
Originally Published in the September 2025 issue of Green Money When Joel Makower and I cofounded Clean Edge back in 2000, we had a very clear sense that a host of emerging clean technologies – spanning renewables, the grid, transportation, and more – would experience learning curves and growth trajectories more akin to the internet
The world is short on power ― and time. Global electricity demand jumped 4.3 % in 2024, nearly double the past-decade average, and is projected to increase at 4% annually through 2027. From AI clusters in Virginia to air-conditioner peaks in India, grids are groaning worldwide. Governments now face a dual imperative: keep bills affordable
Wind turbines altered to function underwater have now set industry records for generating nonstop power. The AR1500 tidal energy turbine. Source: Lockheed Martin “A very significant milestone.” That’s how Rémi Gruet, CEO Ocean Energy Europe, describes the latest news about the MeyGen project to generate electricity from oceanic tides. For over six years, four modified wind turbines,
Key Takeaways • Urgent grid modernization needed: Decades-old infrastructure is under strain from AI, EVs and rising demand—risking a potential significant outage. • Capital expenditure cycle has kicked off: Utilities boosted their capital expenditures by 12.6% in 2024 – with an 8% increase projected for this year. • Investment opportunities span multiple industries: Our portfolios
Above: Locations of all clean energy developments from project offerings funded through Climatize (as of Sept. 2025) In my previous article in the August 2025 issue of GreenMoney, I shared how Climatize was inspired by the 2019 global climate strikes in Barcelona, when we realized that cardboard signs were a woefully insufficient tool to achieve
When Joel Makower and I cofounded Clean Edge back in 2000, we had a very clear sense that a host of emerging clean technologies – spanning renewables, the grid, transportation, and more – would experience learning curves and growth trajectories more akin to the internet and computers than to extractive energy sectors such as oil
Ambitious climate goals can help drive action, but they can’t always be met. What should companies do when their efforts fall short? In the past few decades, we’ve seen remarkable progress in the public acknowledgement of climate action as an important business imperative. As someone who’s been working in the sustainable business space since before
Above image: Google Partners for renewable energy with NextEra Energy Artificial intelligence (AI) may be software, but it is built from hardware: steel, copper, concrete, and energy. Every search query, AI-generated image or digital transaction routes through a data center, the brick-and-mortar to the cloud. These facilities, ranging from modest colocation sites to sprawling hyperscale
